Orpheum Theatre
161 E. Main Street,
John Day,
OR
97845
161 E. Main Street,
John Day,
OR
97845
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The Orpheum Theatre was a replacement of an earlier Orpheum Theatre. It was opened on December 12, 1936. It hosted the dedication of the new John Day Post Office the weekend of August 10th, 1961. The Orpheum Theatre screened its last movie on February 9, 1964 as an early-morning fire on February 10, 1964 destroyed the building.
Today the site of the building houses John Day True Value hardware store.
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Apparently the theatre burned down in the mid `60s during a run of “Bye Bye Birdie”. Based on the photos and current street view, it had been demolished and the hardware store now occupies the site not the building. So status should be changed to Demolished.
The Orpheum Theatre opened its doors on December 12, 1936 and was named after an earlier Orpheum Theatre that operated during the silent era.
Closed on February 9, 1964, destroyed by a fire the following morning which also destroyed the Orpheum owner John Day’s Hardware Shop, Minette’s Beauty Salon, and Dixon & Campbell’s Barber Shop.