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From Horse Stable to Art Deco Theater Palace
The Princess Theatre in Decatur started life as a horse stable in 1887.
By 1919, those horse stalls gave way to movie seats when it opened as a vaudeville and film house on December 30. Then came the big change in 1941.
Architect Albert Frahn turned it into an Art Deco gem with a massive neon marquee, glow-in-the-dark murals, and a floor map of Alabama right in the lobby…