Blue Ox Theatre
600 Franklin Street,
Shelton,
WA
98584
600 Franklin Street,
Shelton,
WA
98584
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Built in the 1920’s as the Graham Theatre. Along the way it became the Blue Ox Theatre. It closed in 1962, and the building was demolished. A Safeway grocery store stands on the site now.
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This is the theater that former Skyline Drive-in Theater (Shelton, Wash.) owner Fred Thibodeau operated. He was the last owner of this theater. He tells me that he had so many requests (in 1962) for him to build a drive-in theater that he went out and built the Skyline Drive-in. When it came time to open the drive-in, he closed the Blue Ox and moved all the projection & sound equipment over to the Skyline Drive-in. The Blue Ox was torn down in 1963.
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1026 style “DX” special was installed in the Graham Theater on 3/31/1925. Status: sold.
1920’s photo and history on the organ from PSTOS.
http://pstos.org/instruments/wa/shelton/graham.htm
Walter Graham built this theater and called it the Graham Theater. He also built a theater in Elma, Washington which he also called the Graham Theater (that is now called the Elma Theater).
Also known as the “New Blue Ox” theater.
Opened August 24, 1926.