McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Theatre in University Park, United States.
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium is a proscenium theatre on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, built in 1926 to designs by R. H. Hunt in the Colonial Revival style. It seats 2,386 across three levels and is the third-oldest building on campus.
The building was designed in 1926 in Colonial Revival style and ranks as the third oldest structure on campus. A charitable donation funded its construction to serve the university's growing needs for a large assembly space.
The hall's 1953 M. P. Möller organ (Opus M-7623) is still part of the building, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra played here from the 1930s, again in 1951–1956, and after the 1961 Green-funded renovation until 1972. Its stage has hosted Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Segovia and Ravi Shankar as well as Martin Luther King Jr. and Margaret Thatcher.
The venue sits within the university campus grounds and is accessible from Boaz Lane. Most visits happen during scheduled performances or events, so plan ahead to see what is taking place.
The M. P. Möller organ, Opus M-7623, was installed in 1953 and remains part of the hall's equipment. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra used the auditorium from the 1930s, again from 1951 to 1956, and after the Cecil and Ida Green-funded renovation from 1961 to 1972.
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