It was built in 1949 with (Lockheed Martin's) Dan Thompson of Poplar Bluff being the designer, and is a three-story, brick and concrete commercial building with Art Deco and Art Moderne stylistic elements.

The building contains a drama stage and one commercial space and consists of three main sections; the facade and theatre marquee, the theatre, and the office block.

The theatre marquee features a prominent ziggurat tower.

[1] Media related to Rodgers Theatre (Poplar Bluff, Missouri) at Wikimedia Commons

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