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8.A. - Page 229 <br /> New Sequoia Theater <br /> San Mateo County, CA <br /> NATIONAL R l ISTEit Ul' H SToRJC PLACES <br /> CONTINUATION IIIEFT <br /> Section Norte": 8 Page: 5 <br /> The Late o hic Revival stvl lent Itself wolf is the romantic sense of <br /> extravagane and illusion 0.Thich ctzaracit . eed swill-town movie pa :a=,c,� it <br /> the !ate 19205. The aictur; :•sq; a madc made thcm stand out from theii <br /> surroundings, with illurninate4 canopy o. rquees ar „ towering ; i,; ;;!! <br /> announcing the' building': Game :Ind purpose. <br /> The New Sequoia (Fox Theater Building has been in sere ce since J w ' o <br /> 1929. While the move thea.te_ closed in 1933, the retail paw and <br /> processional offices have remained in f.x tint us use. The huitdin4 is <br /> best and only remaining era ip!e of she Lnwte Cothic Revival style of <br /> architecture from the late: 920s found in Redwoxi City. Despite thaugt s in <br /> the canopy marquee and bw office lobby nd the loss of a small amour,: <br /> tracery a1 «.ng the roof parapet, the buildin retain:. a great .degree of its <br /> integrity as constructed i 928, and evokes a strong se se of tine and <br /> place. Neither James and 14Merritt Reid, its architects, nor Ellis .J. Arkush, its <br /> owner, would have any_ problem ref?niari g it 1 acv. The building sho W 1e <br /> listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of <br /> significance. <br />