The Capitol

The Capitol Theatre, finished in November of 1924 this year marks the 100th year anniversary of the theatre’s existence, the theatre was designed by architect Marion Mahony Griffith, though tragically being female in 1924 meant she was never adequately acknowledged for the designs in her lifetime. Mahony had many groundbreaking achievements. In 1894 she was the second woman ever to graduate from the Massacheusets institute of technology and she was the first officially registered female architec