 On July 19, 1976, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.In 1989, the Saenger Theater was listed in "A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture", published by the University of Florida Press.The theatre, often referred to as the "Grand Dame of Palafox" was first built in 1925 and was designed by architect Emile Weil in the style known as Spanish Baroque architecture.