Grand Theatre
1139 G Avenue,
Douglas,
AZ
85607
1139 G Avenue,
Douglas,
AZ
85607
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The old official web site link is dead. The restoration of the Grand has been taken on by a new organization, Border Arts Corridor, which has this page about the project on their web site. What remains of the building is in rough shape. The roof is still off the auditorium, and Google’s street view of the 12th street side shows what look to me like some serious cracks in the wall. Unless somebody drops a load of money on this project I doubt it will be finished anytime soon.
New official website is: http://grandtheatredouglas.org/site/
Quite a bit of progress – they’ve virtually completed restoration phases I through III, and have completed some parts of Phases 4 and 5. Quite a job too. Some of the pre-restoration photos show the auditorium with the roof, ceiling and part of the auditorium wallks completely gone – looks like a two-level outdoor theatre! But a lot hsa been done since then and their plan calls for complete restoration/recreation of the archictural details.
From the early 1900s a postcard view of the Grand Theatre in Douglas.
Here is a June 2008 article from the AZ Daily Star:
http://tinyurl.com/dack3o
This site discusses the goals of a non-profit organization involved with the Grand:
http://tinyurl.com/265rro
The new website for The Grand Theatre is http://grandtheatredouglas.org
The Grand theatre was one of many theatres in southern AZ built or operated by the Diamos brothers. It had a Wurlitzer model 135 organ equipped with a roll player. The organ or parts of it are in storage in a Douglas church. Eugene Durfee was the architect for either the Ritz or Liberty theatre in Jerome, AZ also. He got that job because Jerome was also a big mining town and Durfee did work for the mines and was friendly with the Diamos brothers. Don Story