Works
Many of Eberson's later designs, some executed with his son Drew, were in the Art Deco style. In all Eberson designed close to 100 movie palaces, located in dozens of states in the United States, including:
- 1915: The Paramount Theatre (Austin, Texas), Austin, Texas
- 1920: Hippodrome Theater and Ballroom (2200 seats), 100 East Seventh Street, Okmulgee, Oklahoma (burned 1934)
- 1921: Orpheum Theater (2200 seats), 213 West Sheridan Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (razed 1964)
- 1921: The Majestic Theater (Dallas), Dallas Texas
- 1922: Orpheum, 200 North Broadway, Wichita, Kansas (Eberson's first atmospheric)
- 1922: Indiana Theatre, Terre Haute, Indiana
- 1923: Majestic Theater, Houston, Texas (Eberson's first fully atmospheric theater)
- 1924: Palace Theater, Gary, Indiana
- 1924: Orpheum Theater (1400 seats), 12 East Fourth Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma (razed 1971)
- 1926: Palace Theatre, Canton, Ohio
- 1926: Olympia Theater, Miami, Florida
- 1926: Tampa Theatre, Tampa, Florida; listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1978.
- 1927: Riviera Theater, Omaha, Nebraska (now restored and renamed the Rose Theater).
- 1927: State Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 1927: Capitol Theatre, Flint, Michigan
- 1928: Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- 1928: The Louisville Palace, Louisville, Kentucky
- 1928: Uptown Theater, Kansas City, Missouri
- 1928: The Palace Theatre, Marion, Ohio
- 1929: Loew's Akron, Akron, Ohio, (now Akron Civic Theater)
- 1929: Loew's Paradise Theater, The Bronx, New York, (one of the 5 Loew's Wonder Theaters, which were Loew's flagship theaters in the New York City area)
- 1929: Loew's Valencia Theater, Queens, New York, another of the 5 Loew's Wonder Theaters
- 1929: Paramount Theatre, Anderson, Indiana
- 1929: State Theatre (Sydney) with Henry Eli White
- 1929: Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, Texas
- 1931: The Warner Theatre, Morgantown, West Virginia
- 1931: Midwest Theatre (1700 seats), 16 North Harvey Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Eberson's last atmosheric, razed 1975)
- 1932: Le Grand Rex, Paris, France, as consulting architect to Auguste Bluysen
- 1936: Dixie Theater, Staunton, VA
- 1938: Lakewood Theater (Dallas), Dallas, Texas
- 1938: Bethesda Theater, Bethesda, Maryland; listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1999.
- 1938: Silver Theater, Silver Spring, Maryland
- 1938: Schines Auburn Theatre, Auburn, New York; listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 2000.
- 1940: Oswego Theater, Oswego, New York; listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1988.
- 1941: Norwalk Theatre, Norwalk, Ohio
- 1946: The Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio, Texas
- 1950: Teatro Junin, Caracas, Venezuela
Others can be found in Mexico City, Mexico as well as in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
A significant number of his around 500 buildings have however been destroyed, as redevelopment and changing taste came to consider the style dated.
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