Florida Theatre
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Florida Theatre is the downtown Jacksonville performing-arts house at 128 East Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202, in The Elbow. Google Places lists the organization as Florida Theatre, Inc. and the phone as (904) 355-2787. This Stay Safe Jax page is that 1927 movie palace. It is not Theatre Jacksonville in San Marco, not the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts on Water Street, and not Dos Gatos across the street.
Public ratings on this page are stored snapshots, not live scores. Google Places currently lists 4.7 from 4,087 reviews for this Forsyth Street listing. Stay Safe Jax has no stored Yelp rating, so the headline is 4.7 from 4,087 reviews. Those numbers do not refresh when someone opens the page. A 4.7 from thousands of reviews is a strong, ordinary historic-venue score.
Google’s office-style hours on the card (weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weekend closed) describe administrative time, not showtime. Event nights run on the published calendar. Check the public listing the day you go. Google Places lists wheelchair-accessible parking, entrance, restroom, and seating. Stay Safe Jax did not independently inspect the house. Call (904) 355-2787 if you need a specific accommodation.
News4Jax’s 2017 anniversary story and Wikipedia’s Florida Theatre entry recap the same public history: the Mediterranean Revival palace opened April 8, 1927 as Florida’s largest theater, declined and closed May 8, 1980, was bought by the Arts Assembly in 1981, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 28, 1982, and reopened August 26, 1983 after a multi-million-dollar restoration. Clio and the Daily Record’s downtown-history piece add the former police-station site and later independence from the Arts Assembly in 1987. Visit Jacksonville still names the Florida Theatre among the city’s touring-music rooms and notes Elvis played an early indoor concert there.
Stay Safe Jax leaves warning flags at 0. A restored downtown landmark with a high Google snapshot is not a hit list. The page does not invent lawsuits. Stay Safe Jax does not add the theater’s own website.
Ticket buyers should treat the Places weekday grid as office time and look up the specific show. Historic houses mix school groups, touring comics, and late concerts in the same week. Stay Safe Jax does not publish a seating chart or a bag-policy reprint. The value of this page is the verified 4.7 snapshot, the sourced 1927–1983 timeline, and the clear split from Theatre Jacksonville and the Water Street center. Bring the accessibility question to the box office if you need a companion seat or an elevator path.
Where is the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville?
Google Places lists 128 E Forsyth St #300, Jacksonville, FL 32202, downtown in The Elbow. The phone is (904) 355-2787.
What is the Florida Theatre’s Google rating?
As stored in September 2026, Google Places lists 4.7 from 4,087 reviews. That snapshot is not live. The headline is 4.7.
Is the Florida Theatre the same as Theatre Jacksonville?
No. Theatre Jacksonville is the San Marco community theater at 2032 San Marco Boulevard. Florida Theatre is the 1927 downtown movie palace on Forsyth Street.
When did the Florida Theatre open, close, and reopen?
Public histories used here date the opening to April 8, 1927, a closing on May 8, 1980, a National Register listing in 1982, and a restored reopen on August 26, 1983.
Are the Google weekday hours the show times?
No. The Places card’s 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekday hours look like office time. Check the public event calendar for curtains. Google lists full wheelchair tags; call if you need a specific seat.
