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PARAMOUNT THEATRE AUSTIN, TEXAS 11 February 2026 ARC Presentation 1976 Photograph of West Facade c. 1935 Photograph of West Facade 1979 Photograph of West Facade Paramount Theatre | ARC PRESENTATION 11 January 2026 The original 1915 lobby was set back from the CongressAve. sidewalk, was narrower, and was a two-story highspace, as seen in the original Eberson plans. There werethree pairs of main entry doors that were locatedon-center with the three pairs of doors from the Lobby tothe Foyer.The theater was first renovated in the 1930s, to convertthe supported program from primarily vaudeville toprimarily movies. Any work to the lobby space in thatrenovation is unknown.It is believed that the major renovation to the outer lobbyhappened as a part of the 1957 renovation, includingincreasing the lobby to its current width, infilling thesecond floor, adding the concessions stand to the lobbyand changing the wood entry doors with aluminumstorefront. The national register nomination form alsomentions that the lobby wall finish was updated to tile inthe 1957 renovation.WOOD DOORS, TRANSOMS,AND FRAMES REPLACED WITHALUMINUM BUT REMAIN INORIGINAL LOCATIONALUMINUM STOREFRONTREPLACED WITH WOOD,MOVED TO CURRENTLOCATION (+/-18" FROMSIDEWALK) AND FLANKINGDOORS SEPERATEDORIGINAL STOREFRONTSET BACK FROMSIDEWALK APPROX 7'-0"ORIGINAL ENTRY DOORSON-CENTER WITH DOORS TOINNER LOBBY (FOYER)AREA OF WORKAREA OF WORKContemporary Photograph of West Facade AREA OF WORK Paramount Theatre | ARC PRESENTATION 11 January 2026 DEMOLISH EXISTING NON- HISTORIC WOOD STOREFRONT FRAMING, TYP. REMOVE EXISTING WOOD DOORS AND PREP FOR REINSTALLATION DEMOLITION ELEVATION RE-INSTALLED WOOD DOORS NEW WOOD STOREFRONT FRAMING, TYP. - PAINT FINISH 1" TEMPERED INSULATED GLAZING UNIT, TYP. POWDER-COATED BOLLARD WITH ADA OPERATOR PUSH-BUTTON STONE SILL " 0 1 - ' 2 EQ2 EQ1 EQ1 EQ1 EQ1 EQ1 EQ2 EXISTING TO REMAIN NEW STOREFRONT ELEVATION Paramount Theatre | ARC PRESENTATION 11 January 2026 I N A M E R O T G N T S X E I I I N A M E R O T G N T S X E I I INNER LOBBY LEVEL 3' - 6" OUTER LOBBY LEVEL 1' - 8 3/4" INNER LOBBY LEVEL 3' - 6" OUTER LOBBY LEVEL 1' - 8 3/4" FLANKING ENTRANCE DOORS MOVED TO ALIGN WITH INNER LOBBY DOORS:- BETTER MATCHES HISTORIC LOCATION- IMPROVES CIRCULATION IN LOBBY