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It After the theatre closed, it was renovated in {{date needed}} for use as an office building. Bricks from the theater were salvaged during the renovation and make up the floor in [[Seville Quarter]]'s "Phineas Phogg's" dance hall. [[Merrill Lynch]] occupied the building for several years before relocating to [[Palafox Pier]]. The current downstairs tenant is [[Delta Health Group]]. Bricks from the theater were salvaged during the renovation and make up the floor in [[Seville Quarter]]'s "Phineas Phogg's" dance hall.
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[[Image:IsisScaramouche.jpg|thumb|right|180px|A [[Palafox Street]] trolley outside the Isis (left) promotes the showing of [[Wikipedia:Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]]'s 1923 movie ''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0014440/ Scaramouche]''.]]
[[Image:IsisCooganChaplin.jpg|thumb|right|120px|A pair of Coogan & Chaplin impersonators employed by manager [[J. A. Jones]] to promote the run of Chaplin's ''The Kid'' at the Isis in 1921.]]The [['''Isis Theatre]]''', located on the northeast corner [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] at and [[Garden Street|Garden]]s, was one of several theaters built for the a [[Saenger Amusement Company]] (the others being venture and 'sister theater' to the [[Saenger Theatre|Saenger]] and a few blocks south. It was built in [[1914]] for [[C. H. Turner]]<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/18156/ Cinema Treasures]</ref> on the site of the former [[Bonita TheaterCaldwell House]]s)with a capacity of 500 seats.
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[[Category:Historic theaters]]
[[Category:Palafox Street buildings]]