The Majestic Theatre, located at 240–246 Collinsville Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, was built in 1928. The Spanish Gothic building was designed by the Boller Brothers, who were nationally prominent theater architects. Multicolored tiles decorate the building's front facade, forming patterned mosaics. The front facade also features piers with decorative peaks and tall arched windows. The theater attracted numerous celebrities to its grand opening, and it represented several firsts among East St. Louis cinemas. It was the first in the city with a modern air conditioning system and the first in Southern Illinois to show talkies. The theater closed in the 1960s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in May 1985. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.