Fox California Theater
241 Main Street,
Salinas,
CA
93901
241 Main Street,
Salinas,
CA
93901
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The T & D Theatre opened in November 1921 and was designed by Albert W. Cornelius. It was was sold to Fox Theatres in 1930, being renamed Fox California Theater and remodeled by architect Alexander A Cantin in 1935. It was later remodeled possibly by Carl G. Moeller in 1949.
After many years of closure, it has re-opened as a live performance venue and was refurbished in 2002.
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I just visited Salinas on August 8, 2008, and took a ton of pictures of the Fox California Theater, including the front, sign, ticket booth and interior.
More photos can be seen here.
This is a November 2008 photo.
The L.A. Library’s California Index contains a card citing an item in the May, 1935, issue of Architect & Engineer which said that architect Alexander A. Cantin had prepared the plans for remodeling the T&D Theatre in Salinas, and that the house would now be called the Fox Theatre.
I can’t find anything about who did the 1949 remodeling, but my guess would be that it was Charles Skouras’s favorite designer of the era, Carl G. Moeller.
1946 Photo
1981 Photo
1984 Photo
1984 Night Photo
Here is a nice 2009 photo.
A recent night photo can be seen here.
Here is another 2009 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yb4g3hn
Here is the ticket booth in 2009:
http://tinyurl.com/y4qgbar
A 2010 photo can be seen here.