Oroville State Theater
1489 Myers Street,
Oroville,
CA
95965
1489 Myers Street,
Oroville,
CA
95965
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Nice vintage photo Don.
From the mid 1930s a photo of the State Theater in Oroville.
1960 Picture looks much cooler than the 1980s.No Vertical and cheap looking sign.
There is a 1960 postcard on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/yj8tphp
The City of Oroville has moved its State Theatre web page again.
This is the new location.
Here is a 1980 photo.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991
State Theatre (added 1991 – Building – #91001383)
Also known as State Theater
1489 Myers St., Oroville
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Pflueger,Timothy
Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Revival, Other
Area of Significance: Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Local Gov’t
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Professional, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Professional, Specialty Store, Theater
1928 Vaudeville/Film Theater, originally equipped with a model D
Wurlitzer Theater Organ (which has been located and is expected to be returned to the theater during the interior restoration). Was split into a duplex by UA in the late 70s. Purchased by the City of Oroville in 1983. Dividing wall removed and interior cleaned, then operated primarily as a film theater, it is now primarily a live performing arts theater, but still occasionally shows films.
Exterior restoration scheduled to begin in spring 2007. Funding to replicate the original marquee and flag sign is being sought, as well as interior restoration, including re-opening of the balcony is also in the planning stages. The original auditorium light fixtures have been found in storage, but no lobby fixtures have been found. Currently searching =
for any interior photos of the theater.=20
Much of the original three-dimensional auditorium interior trim still =
exists, covered by hardboard, easily removed!=20
Long-range plans call for the original 1928 grandeur to be =
restored/replicated with the building becoming the Oroville State =
Theatre Performing Arts Center.
Thanks!
David Dewey
Cultural Facilities Curator
City of Oroville, CA
Here is a recent photo of the State Theater.
One more from the UC Davis collection:
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The City of Oroville has altered its web site, and the link in my comment above no longer works.
Here is the current link for the Oroville State Theatre page.
From the UC Davis Collection:
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Current photo of the State Theatre
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Here is a photo of the State Theater in Oroville.
There is some information about the Oroville State Theater on the City of Oroville web site. The theater’s schedule of events is available there, as well.
The ultimate seating capacity of this 1928 house will be 1000, once the balcony is fully restored. Current seating is 608, on the main floor.
Surprisingly, the total expenditure for the purchase and renovation of this theater in 1986-87 was less than $700,000, including the cost of asbestos removal.
Originally built for San Francisco-based exhibitors Turner and Danken, the State was operated in its last years as a twinned movie house by United Artists.