New Hoquiam Theatre
415 7th Street,
Hoquiam,
WA
98550
415 7th Street,
Hoquiam,
WA
98550
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Functions: Retail
Styles: Spanish Baroque
Previous Names: Arcade Theatre, Hoquiam Theatre
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The Hoquiam Theatre was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Ltd. in 1941. By 1950 they had renamed it New Hoquiam Theatre. A one and two story building completely altered by metal facade. Building attached next door by arch may have been what the building once looked like.
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When was it built? When did it stop being a theater? I thought I knew all the theaters in Grays Harbor, but I am unfamiliar with this one.
Isn’t this the one that’s now a Chinese restaurant?
It was built in 1928, but not as a theater. It was converted to the Arcade Theatre sometime later later and then the New Hoquiam. It is listed in the 1952 phonebook.
This was located where there is now a consignment shop — to the right of the VFW, a few offices down. Check this 1947 photo out in the new Jones Historic Photo Collection: http://www.jonesphotocollection.com/Obj8726$1091
Public hall: I don’t believe this theatre was built in 1928, but perhaps 10 years later. There is a photo here: http://www.jonesphotocollection.com/Obj6758$1091, that refers to it being the opening presentation. There was the Arcade Grand on the corner of 8th & K Streets, built in the early 1900s.
Speculating: The Arcade’s address is on 7th Street. Wurlitzer built a small organ for the (or “a”) 7th Street Theatre in 1924, but the current 7th Street Theatre didn’t open until 1928/1929. Wonder if Wurlitzer built their organ for this hall in 1924? When the new 7th Street Theatre opened in 1928, this got converted to the “Arcade” and the organ got moved to the new hall. Later, this building got converted back into a theatre. Possible?