Structure Type: built works - public buildings - assembly halls
Designers: Allied Architects of Fresno (firm); William Demmond Coates Jr. (architect); Antoon B. Heinsbergen (interior designer/muralist)
Dates: constructed 1935-1936
The building was dedicated 12/31/1936; the Depression-era architectural collaborative Allied Architects of Fresno designed the auditorium to seat 3500 visitors. The noted Southern California artist, Anthony Heinsbergen, painted the building's Art Deco murals in the foyer. In 1956, the Democratic Party held its national convention at the Memorial Auditorium, nominating Governeor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.
Additions and acoustical alterations made to the auditorium, 1966;
PCAD id: 2213