John Jacob Zink

He studied at the Maryland Institute (now known as Maryland Institute College of Art), and graduated in 1904.[1] He apprenticed with Wyatt and Nolting and William H. Hodges.[1] In the evenings he studied at the Columbia School of Architecture and worked with architect Thomas W. Lamb. He worked for Ewald G. Blanke, a famous Baltimore architect from 1916-1924. Their firm of Blanke and Zinc was located at 835 Equitable Building in Baltimore City.

In the early 1920s, he started his own design firm. He was a Streamline Moderne architect. Employing modest designs, he concentrated on details, such as views, lighting and acoustics. He incorporated such amenities as nurseries, lounges and smoking rooms.[2]

• 1923 Takoma Theater[3][4]
• 1926 Colony Theater

Carver Theater just before it opened as the Anacostia Community Museum, 1967

• 1936 Uptown Theater
• 1937 Newton Theater
• 1938 Atlas Theater and Shops
• 1939 Senator Theatre, Baltimore
• 1939 Congress Theater
• 1940 Apex Theater
• 1940 Village Theater
• 1942 Senator Theater, Washington, D.C.
• 1945 Langston Theater
• 1945 Commodore Theater, Portsmouth, Virginia[5]
• 1946 Naylor Theater [6]
• 1948 Carver Theater, Anacostia, Washington, D.C.[7]
• circa late 1940s Capital Theatre, Annapolis, MD[8]
• 1950 Flower Theatre, Silver Spring, Maryland[9][10]
• 1952 Langley Theatre, Langley Park, Maryland [11]

• "John J. Zink". Cinema Treasures.
• "John J. Zink, Architect". Takoma Theater. Takoma Theatre Conservancy. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-28.