Pantages Theatre
937 Market Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94103
937 Market Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94103
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Operated by Alexander Pantages first as a vaudeville theatre, the Pantages Theatre opened on December 30, 1911 and operated until February 13, 1926, when the New Pantages Theatre (later Orpheum Theatre) opened at 1192 Market Street.
It was gutted internally and became a retail store for the Kress chain.
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William Gabel
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This was B. Marcus Priteca and Alexander Pantages’s first combined effort and led the way for many theatres to follow in a similar “Pantages” style. from Jack Tillmany’s book.
Vintage images can be viewed here …
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Interior shot
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After conversion to Kress
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From a Roloff posting on the Paramoung page comes this 1957 color picture postcard of Market Street showing several cinemas. Left can be seen the former Pantages Vaudeville Theater that had been converted into a Kress five & dime. Does this building still stand?
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The building is still there. It looks like the two businesses on the ground floor are a print shop and a Social Security office.