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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Washington » Chehalis » St. Helens Theatre
Also known as Fox St. Helens Theatre

St. Helens Theatre

Chehalis, WA
508 N. Market Boulevard
, Chehalis, WA 98532 United States
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Italian Renaissance
Function: Retail
Seats: 800
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Opened May 12, 1924. Old photo's can be seen here.
posted by Lost Memory on Mar 17, 2006 at 4:48am
The building still exists but has been converted to retail store space. This theater is shown in the Reelife Productions movie, "The Chehalis Story" (early 1950's). I had the pleasure of projecting the only remaining copy of this movie in the Chehalis Theatre a few months ago. It shows the interior of the St. Helens Theater and some beautiful nightime views of it's marquee all lit up with flashing neon and border chasing lights.
posted by Ken Layton on Mar 17, 2006 at 5:16am
Did this theater ever show movies? I had researched it before and thought it was only a venue for live shows. (Then again, like a lot of theaters from that era, it probably did both ...)
posted by Katie Mac on Mar 17, 2006 at 8:39pm
Katie....I think this theater was used for both movies and live performances over the years, but it did open with a silent movie. This website has the history of the St. Helens Theater.
posted by Lost Memory on Mar 18, 2006 at 3:25am
It was indeed a movie theater. When I showed the movie, "The Chehalis Story" a few months ago the nighttime scenes showed a couple of movie titles on the marquee. I forgot what those movies were though.
posted by Ken Layton on Mar 18, 2006 at 5:02am
I had a chance to take some photographs of the St Helens Theater the fall of 2007, the owners stated that the ground floor would be retail space and the second floor would be renovated back to a performance space.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z100/aaronniue/Silent%20Theater/fd6cccba.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z100/aaronniue/Silent%20Theater/a3916985.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z100/aaronniue/Silent%20Theater/f5f5dce7.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z100/aaronniue/Silent%20Theater/fe8254cb.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z100/aaronniue/Silent%20Theater/3e980988.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z100/aaronniue/Silent%20Theater/1a2fd04b.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z100/aaronniue/Silent%20Theater/331b57a2.jpg

After a couple minutes the owner said he had things to do and just let him know when I left, I dont think he thought I'd walk through the whole building and find all the old rooms and stairwells that were partially collapsed/filled in with dirt.
posted by AaronNi on Jan 12, 2008 at 2:59pm
Here is a May 1938 ad from the Chehalis Bee-Nugget:
http://tinyurl.com/3w4wnr
posted by ken mc on Oct 4, 2008 at 8:17pm
Released in March of 1938.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 4, 2008 at 8:19pm
This building was originally built as The St. John Garage in the 1910's. The side walls and roof were kept but the facade was replaced for the theatre It was designed by Hill, Mock & Griffin Architects of Tacoma.
posted by Colin H. on Nov 3, 2008 at 5:31pm
This is how the theater was going to look originally:

http://picasaweb.google.com/forgottenarchitecture/ChehalisWA#5264610352708993074
posted by Colin H. on Nov 3, 2008 at 5:38pm
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