Joy Theater

711 Bridge Street,
Vernonia, OR 97064

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JackCoursey
JackCoursey on March 14, 2021 at 9:23 am

Hereis a current photo of the former Joy.

JackCoursey
JackCoursey on March 14, 2021 at 8:53 am

The actual address is 711 Bridge Street. Judging from the exterior this is/was an opulent little venue for such a small, but quaint little town.

AndrewBarrett
AndrewBarrett on November 4, 2015 at 12:55 am

Here’s the details on the Joy Theatre in Vernonia: http://pstos.org/instruments/or/vernonia/joy.htm

And, here’s some pictures of the console of the theatre’s Aeolian theatre organ (one of only three they ever built, I believe… they mostly built residence and concert hall pipe organs), now in storage in a private residence: http://pstos.org/instruments/wa/kenmore/werries.htm

Hope this helps!

deleted user
[Deleted] on May 15, 2008 at 6:03 am

A 2/6 Aeolian organ was apparently used in the Joy at one time.

strawberry
strawberry on July 24, 2007 at 7:52 am

And another photo from August 4, 1962 here.

strawberry
strawberry on July 24, 2007 at 7:50 am

Old photo from August 4, 1962 here.

The page also mentions about the city: “Vernonia dates from the 1870’s and was named after the daughter of one of its first settlers, Ozias Cherrington of Ohio. Its population in the 1980’s was less than 200.”

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 6, 2007 at 6:43 pm

There is a photo of the Joy on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/yfcor5