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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Oregon » Albany » Venetian Theater
Also known as Bligh, Globe

Venetian Theater

Albany, OR
241 First Avenue West
, Albany, OR 97321 United States
(map)
541.791.8585
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Performing Arts
Seats: 300
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Early in 1913 theater tycoon T. G. Bligh and property owner Conrad Meyer Sr. announced plans to build a community theater. Contracts were awarded and construction began in late spring. On July 26, Conrad Meyer Jr. (Meyer's son) was named local manager. Meyer announced that "moving pictures will be shown only when other (live) attractions are not available.

In September 1913, The Bligh opened with Eugene Walker's "The Wolf" featuring local as well as company actors.

By 1922 the theater had been renamed the Globe Theater and continued showing vaudeville acts until the 1930's when the theater became a movie house for motion pictures and Saturday matinees. In 1936 the theater was named the Venetian. In 1937, the building was "modernized" with a stucco finish over the brick exterior. It remained the Venetian through remodelings in the Seventies and again in the Eighties.

It was renovated in 1999 and has returned to its roots as a performing arts center.

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Venetian Theater (Official)
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A few years ago it was bought by a church. It is now a church.
posted by star cinema on Apr 20, 2006 at 2:32pm
This is a photo of the Venetian Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 6, 2007 at 5:00pm
The Venetian was part of the Adamson theater chain in the early sixties. Adamson Theaters also ran the Rialto in Albany, as well as the Parkrose Theater and Canyon Drive-In in Portland and the Oregon State and Varsity in Corvallis.
posted by ken mc on Sep 7, 2007 at 8:35pm
A Robert-Morton theater organ size 2/6 was installed in the Globe Theater in 1922.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 29, 2007 at 4:06pm
Some photos can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 9, 2009 at 6:08pm
1984 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 28, 2009 at 4:53pm
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