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Wednesday 12pm - 5pm Thursday 12pm - 5pm Friday 12pm - 5pm Saturday 12pm - 5pm Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Eldorado Ballroom at Project Row Houses

Name: Eldorado Ballroom at Project Row Houses
Address: 2310 Elgin Street, Houston, TX, 77004, US
Telephone: +17135267662
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Eldorado Ballroom at Project Row Houses

The Historic Eldorado Building is owned and operated by Project Row Houses. PRH is a community platf

06/01/2023

Happy Black Music Month! This June, we celebrate Black musicians who have been instrumental to the spiritual healing music brings to society. Their historical contributions to the music industry, and American culture as a whole, continues to inspire others today.

04/22/2023

We had a great time at the Eldorado Ballroom Grand Reopening and Unveiling, as we honored the Dupree legacy and celebrated the completion of this historic preservation project on March 30th! It was a beautiful evening filled with amazing performances and heartwarming moments as Project Row Houses Executive Director Eureka Gilkey shared her gratitude to all who made this restoration possible for the Third Ward community.

A special thank you to Danielle Fanfair for her beautiful speech "Eldorado In Her Own Words" and Reverend Marilyn White for blessing this historic black space, to PRH Board President Bert Brown III, Fundraising Co-Chairs and PRH board members Anita Smith and Hasty Johnson, and our lovely host Deborah Duncan, for all their contributions to the grand reopening event. We would also like to thank Jazz and Blues Singer Jewel Brown, Jazz Vocalist Horace Grigsby, DJ Mookie Copeland, Houston Steppers, and DJ Flash Gordon Parks for a wonderful evening of performances to commemorate the night.

Towards the end of the event, we had the pleasure of surprising one of PRH's founders, Brother Jesse Lott with a cake for his 80th birthday! Brother Jesse has been very instrumental in our growth as an arts and culture institution, and we are beyond grateful to have Brother Jesse as a mentor, teacher, and friend. This was a wonderful way to round out the night, as Jewel Brown sang a lovely happy birthday song to close the show.

SUPPORT THE ELDORADO: https://projectrowhouses.org/eldoradoballroom
Photos by THE 3NGINE .3ngine and Alex Barber

Address

2310 Elgin Street
Houston, TX
77004

Opening Hours

Wednesday	12pm - 5pm
Thursday	12pm - 5pm
Friday	12pm - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+17135267662

Website

http://eldoradoballroom.org/

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The Historic Eldorado Ballroom

The Eldorado Ballroom at Elgin Street and Emancipation Avenue was built in 1939 by renowned Houston architect Lenard Gabert, who designed many of the city’s large art deco structures. The owner was African-American businesswoman Anna Dupree (1892-1977), who wanted to establish a community entertainment venue for black social clubs and other groups in the Third Ward. The ballroom, which occupies the second floor of the massive Eldorado Building at 2310 Elgin, was the visual and spiritual symbol of the community. Until it closed in the early 1970s, the Eldorado hosted countless blues and jazz performances, weekly talent shows and sock-hops. Houston-born musicians such as Sam “Lightning” Hopkins and Johnny “Guitar” Watson honed their skills at the Eldorado and went on to bigger fame. Many internationally known jazz and bluesmen, including B.B. King and Count Basie, also made regular appearances.

In 1999, the Eldorado Ballroom was gifted to Project Row Houses. After four years of renovations, the Eldorado re-opened in May 2003 for its first major event in over 30 years, raising $75,000 toward continuing improvements on the building, and reminding people of what this proud institution means to the community.