State Theater
501 MacDonald Avenue,
Richmond,
CA
94801
501 MacDonald Avenue,
Richmond,
CA
94801
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Yet one more Richmond theater that has been lost…
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The State was a second run Fox West Coast house at 501 McDonald Avenue (5th & McDonald) with 610 seats. It sometimes featured move over programs from the Costa, just two blocks away on McDonald. It closed in the early 1950’s.
This is MacDonald Avenue circa 1951. The State Theater can be seen on the right.
This ca.1943 photo by Dorothea Lange depicts the State Theatre. The picture is one of a large number of photos taken in Richmond by Lange during WWII, afew of which depict the city’s theatres.