Location Information
(for the Pix Theater)
Name:Pix Theater [Capri Theater]
Address:3023 State Street, North
City/County:Jackson, Hinds County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1939-40
Registration Information
NR District Name:Downtown Fondren (2014)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:26
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:08-08-2002
Recorded:08-21-2002
Book/Vol. No.:V. 5623, p. 336
Context/Comments
The Capri Theater was built in 1940 under the direction of architect James T. "Jack" Canizaro.

It is listed as a contributing element (element #26) in the Downtown Fondren Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 10 September 2014. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark, at the request of the owner, on 8 August 2002.

This building is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 261, in the listing for the "Fondren Strip," JM47).
Brief Description
East-facing, two-story, stucco-covered-concrete-block building with gently sloping roof behind parapet walls. Cast-stone coping. First-floor, street-front ticket window added in the 1970s and has exposed-brick walls, with aluminum storefront to either side. Original four-light wood doors remain at the jambs. Flat, stuccoed front canopy supported by steel pipe columns. Three rectangular ventilating panels above the canopy. Script "Capri" signage above the panels. Steel sash windows remain at the north facade.