Picture of the Kellogg should be removed, it’s a totally different building. Not sure if it ever showed movies, it seems to have become a church pretty early on.
Obviously no-one was doing art deco in 1948. I’m not sure what I’d call the facade, and the auditorium was likely done in a budget streamline style. The website is dead, and they are now using FB: https://www.facebook.com/PleasantHillPlayersCommunityTheatre/
Looking closer at my photos, and some others, that is definitely an aluminum poster case on the left. Does not look pre-1940. I think this must have re-opened, perhaps under another name.
I added a picture from a blah winter day long ago. On the 1916 Sanborn map, this building houses a bookstore/stationers. It appears to be vacant on the ‘19 streetview.
I think the NRHP listing is in error. Those older surveys were often very poorly researched. The 1918 Sanborn shows the ground floor with a saloon on the east and west of the ground floor, a barber with billiard room behind it in the center, a hall on the second floor, and a bar room on the east side of the third floor. I think the theater opened at some point later. Current usage is offices. Listing needs to be corrected as to the location of the other theater.
Another that didn’t last long. By December 1909, it was a jeweler with a tailor in the rear half. This building is not demolished. It has an ugly modern fill to the storefront, and looks like some sort of office.
Address or description is wrong. 111 S Maple would have been in the middle of the block, south of 1st. There is indeed a vacant lot south of 107, which might have been where the theater was. The 1920 Sanborn shows a bunch of small wooden shops there, but of course they might have been demolished to be replaced by a theater.
Is it possible that the older Royal mentioned by Joe was the opera house? That building was at 105 W Newton. The current structure is either a remodel or a replacement.
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Aug 6, 2019 at 6:53 am
This may have been named the Girard. There may also have been a Grand in town, although this may be another name for the opera house, which I already submitted.
If the identification as the Rex is indeed correct, it also presented stage acts. A 1912 issue of ‘The Player’ lists it among ‘Houses which Book Independently’. It was then managed by a Mr. McNamara. The section containing the stage did protrude beyond the east side of the building, so perhaps this contained dressing rooms.
Picture of the Kellogg should be removed, it’s a totally different building. Not sure if it ever showed movies, it seems to have become a church pretty early on.
Obviously no-one was doing art deco in 1948. I’m not sure what I’d call the facade, and the auditorium was likely done in a budget streamline style. The website is dead, and they are now using FB: https://www.facebook.com/PleasantHillPlayersCommunityTheatre/
No, this is a few blocks away, and now a church.
Looking closer at my photos, and some others, that is definitely an aluminum poster case on the left. Does not look pre-1940. I think this must have re-opened, perhaps under another name.
I guess Breadeaux was reusing a later businesses sign. Maybe it became a bar or something?
The building which later housed the Electric was built between 1885 and 1892, and is a grocery on the 1907 Sanborn, so it opened between 1908-1916.
Opened after 1916, when the Sanborn map shows a narrow one-story building at 214, which houses a carpet cleaner.
I added a picture from a blah winter day long ago. On the 1916 Sanborn map, this building houses a bookstore/stationers. It appears to be vacant on the ‘19 streetview.
I think the NRHP listing is in error. Those older surveys were often very poorly researched. The 1918 Sanborn shows the ground floor with a saloon on the east and west of the ground floor, a barber with billiard room behind it in the center, a hall on the second floor, and a bar room on the east side of the third floor. I think the theater opened at some point later. Current usage is offices. Listing needs to be corrected as to the location of the other theater.
If the address is accurate, this should be listed as demolished. The site is now occupied either by part of city hall or a store next door.
Should be listed as demolished. Site is now a parking lot. Could we rotate the photo?
As Joe noted in 2010, the manager can’t have been there since 1927 and only have 25 years of service. He arrived in 1957.
Another that didn’t last long. By December 1909, it was a jeweler with a tailor in the rear half. This building is not demolished. It has an ugly modern fill to the storefront, and looks like some sort of office.
Didn’t last long. The December 1909 Sanborn shows 103 as a restaurant.
Address is wrong. The theater was on the west corner of Center and Jefferson. Number is perhaps 128 W Jefferson. The building next door is 130.
Address is wrong. There are no odd numbers on Main facing the square. The correct address is 109 S Washington.
Theater was not on the corner, but was somewhere north of the senior housing.
Address or description is wrong. 111 S Maple would have been in the middle of the block, south of 1st. There is indeed a vacant lot south of 107, which might have been where the theater was. The 1920 Sanborn shows a bunch of small wooden shops there, but of course they might have been demolished to be replaced by a theater.
Is it possible that the older Royal mentioned by Joe was the opera house? That building was at 105 W Newton. The current structure is either a remodel or a replacement.
This may have been named the Girard. There may also have been a Grand in town, although this may be another name for the opera house, which I already submitted.
If the identification as the Rex is indeed correct, it also presented stage acts. A 1912 issue of ‘The Player’ lists it among ‘Houses which Book Independently’. It was then managed by a Mr. McNamara. The section containing the stage did protrude beyond the east side of the building, so perhaps this contained dressing rooms.
The photo dates are misleading. The posts were up when I saw this theater in February of 2010.
For research/general interest, on maps up to 1913, Main is also known as Alton.
For research/general interest, on maps up to 1913, Main is also known as Alton.
Added a picture. The street number is indeed 205, and it appears to be a residence.
The 1921 Sanborn credits the theater with 782 seats, and notes 2 rows of iron columns, presumably holding up the second floor.