Empress Theatre
338 Virginia Street,
Vallejo,
CA
94590
338 Virginia Street,
Vallejo,
CA
94590
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Built in 1911, the Empress Theatre was a large 1,000 seat, two-tiered theater with gold-leafed clouds on the ceiling, red velvet seats and a pipe organ. It has been remodeled several times over the years and has been known as the Republic, Vallejo, Senator and Crest names before being renamed the Empress Theatre in 1978 when it was purchased by William Elliott. The theater closed sometime around 1989 for seismic retrofitting, etc. and never reopened.
The Empress Theatre was later purchased by Robert Litwin and Mel Gomez, then restored and reopened.
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Robin Plutchok
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Here is a more recent photo of the Empress Theater.
According to the Empress Theater website, this theater was known as the Fox Senator from 1929-1951.
The Empress is once again open for the business. It has been beautifully renovated from top to bottom. We went there last weekend and had a great time. http://www.empresstheatre.org/
This is a 2008 photo.
September 2008 photo
Here is a nice 2009 photo of the Empress.
Another of the Empress Theatre.
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I’ve posted information and photos from a recent visit here.
This page at the Empress Theatre’s official web site names the architect of the theater as William A. Jones.
Here’s a few recent photos of the Empress. Actually, they were taken yesterday…
http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/190a.html
http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/190b.html