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|style=Art Deco
|size=40'x150'<br/>three stories<br/>650 seats
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.413752" lon="-87.215481" zoom="17" width="300" height="300150">
30.413641, -87.215258, Rex Theatre
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The [[Rex Theatre]] (often called simply "'''the Rex'''") was opened in [[1930]] {{date uncertain}} as the [[Rhodes Furniture|Rhodes Futch Collins Furniture Company]]. The company later changed its name to Rhodes-Collins, which can still be seen in faded lettering on the side of the building. It was converted to a 650-seat movie theater in [[1937]] .{{date uncertain}}.
After closing, the building was nearly demolished. It was sold to the [[City of Pensacola]] in 1984 for $95,000. Architects [[J.P. MacNeil|J.P.]] and [[Michelle MacNeil]] bought the theater in 1997 for $25,000, renovated it, and converted part of it to a 1,920 sq.ft. apartment.<ref>[http://www.escpa.org/details.asp?qAcctNum=130853000&qSection=&qTownship=&qRange=&qSubdivision=&qBlock=&qLot= Escambia County Property Appraiser record]</ref> It was sold again in 2004 for $425,000 to [[Tim Hogan]], the current owner, who has stated an intention to reopen the Rex as a "high-tech, retro-themed" venue for movies and concerts.<ref>[http://inewsloadedgun.blogspot.com/2006/07/rex-returns_05.html Loaded Gun, July 5, 2006]</ref> However, further renovations are still needed to bring the building up to code, and [[as of 2007]] the Rex has not reopened.
Local firm [[Bounds Architecture Studio]] (formerly called MAD Architects]], ) claimed to be renovating the Rex in their response to an RFQ for the [[Community Maritime Park]], claims to be renovating the Rex.<ref>[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/upload/images/CommunityDevelopment/PDFs/MAD.pdf PDF at City of Pensacola website]</ref> In summer 2007, posters for the Bounds firm appeared on the Rex confirming their role in the renovation. [[Rick Outzen]] has also reported rumors on his [[Rick's Blog|his blog]] that the Rex may be reopened as a live music venue by the end of 2007.<ref>http://ricksblog.biz/?p=1596</ref> ==Trivia==*Retired USN LCDR [[Joseph Hill]] died in the theater on [[March 3]], [[1943]].<ref>http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/F-Psurname_Hh.htm</ref> ==External links==*[http://www.edwardpeyton.com/rexb.html Before] and [http://www.edwardpeyton.com/rexa.html after] photos of the MacNeil renovation
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