Pix Gallery
22 S. Toppenish Avenue,
Toppenish,
WA
98948
22 S. Toppenish Avenue,
Toppenish,
WA
98948
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The entrance to this theater was located on the ground floor of the J.D. Keck Building, a stately three story red brick structure from the late-1800’s. It was operating as the Pix Theater by 1941. It seems to be a punk nightclub now.
The rear of the building was heavily modified for theater use, with a large stage house. Old ads are still visible, one saying ‘Let’s go to the movies.’, and the other ‘You’ll find the pick of the pictures at the Liberty, Pix, and Wigwam.’.
Contributed by
Seth Gaines
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The Liberty is currently used for weddings, receptions, reunions, concerts and theatrical productions. The telephone number for the Liberty is 509-865-7573. I think when Seth submitted his original description of the Liberty he forgot to put a comma after Liberty, {You’ll find the pick of the pictures at the Liberty, Pix and Wigwam) three different theatres. There is currently a gallery in the lobby of the theatre called the Pix Gallery. The address listed at 211 S. Toppenish is the correct address for the Liberty AKA Lois. Check out the PSTO site to verify the address.
Tom…..Are you upset because it doesn’t say aka Lois theater at the top? Maybe Seth wasn’t aware that this theater opened as the Lois theater. Maybe he omitted that piece of info on purpose just so you would get all hyper about it. Give me a break, okay! Thats why there are message areas with each theater entry so others can add info to the theater. Theater knowledge is a great thing to have, but people skills are just as important.
A photo of the Pix Gallery
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The theatres names in order, Lois, Liberty, Pix and finally Pix Gallery
A tour of Toppenish
“Pix Theater: The J.D. Keck building, constructed in 1911, housed two early Toppenish businessesâ€"a Chinese cafe and Mechtels Sugar Bowl Restaurant. In 1940, the Mercy theatre chain opened the Pix Theatre. The 16 windows, painted by Lisa Delisi, portray early lawyers, judges, and physicians who came to town in the early 1900s. The building is downtown on S. Toppenish Ave”.
Yakima Morning Herald, Saturday, April 13, 1946
PIX THEATER
Toppenish
Ends Tonight
“The Hidden Eye”
Edward Arnold
Frances Rafferty
and
Buster Crabbe
in
“Gangster’s Den”
There is a photo on this page of the Pix/Wigwam sign:
http://tinyurl.com/2jjah5
Well, that picture has gone to internet heaven. The 1967 FDY shows the Pix Theater as part of the Mercy & Sons chain, Partners were Michael, Fred Jr., Edgar and Paul Mercy. Mercy & Sons also owned the Liberty at the time, along with a number of other Washington houses.
This is what the Pix Gallery looks like.
This was the Pix in 1981.
A 2012 photo can be seen here.