Instead, the ceiling was supported by a set of arches and vaults, covered with elaborate plaster details; the result was an exceptionally high-quality acoustic structure, important in the days of vaudeville.

[3] The red carpet was laid out permanently in the foyer, and space was provided in the main part of the theater for an orchestra that was available to play for ever performance.

[4]: 16 Designed by architect George Rapp of Chicago, the Palace was the last theater built in Cincinnati before movies gained the prominence that they now enjoy.

[4]: 16  Into the 1970s, it was still featuring both movies and live performances;[4]: 17 [5] although a group of investors spent more than $1 million to renovate it in 1978 and 1979, attendance continued to drop,[5] and the doors were permanently closed by 1980.

Since the destruction of the Palace Theater, Cincinnati has been without a downtown movie palace; comparable buildings survive in nearby cities such as Columbus (Ohio Theatre) and Indianapolis (Indiana Theatre), serving as the homes of their symphony orchestras,[2] unlike Cincinnati, whose orchestra plays at Music Hall in Over-the-Rhine.