Kay Street Theatre
1117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way,
Tacoma,
WA
98405
1117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way,
Tacoma,
WA
98405
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The Kay Street Theatre opened in the Hilltop neighborhood with Charles Cundiff at the organ console and he created the “Kay Street March,” an original melody for the event of March 29, 1924. Moore Amusement Company was the operator and the architect of the venue was George Trust with Leo Kellogg the opening day manager. Peterson & Dahl were the interior decorators.
A couple of notes in that it definitely opened and definitely closed as the Kay Street Theatre (not K) but was definitely the K Street for some stretches including the late silent era. New operator Louis J. Perunko made the necessary transition to sound on December 17, 1929 with “Movietone Follies of 1929” and would do so for his Sunset Theatre as well. And it definitely closed on February 5, 1956 with “The Desperate Hours” and “Land of Fury" as the Kay Street Theatre.
Opened on March 29th, 1924
Kay Street Theater opening 23 Mar 1924, Sun The Tacoma Daily Ledger (Tacoma, Washington) Newspapers.com
Full size version of the 1950s photo added via Frank Griffin.
Located on what was originally known as South K Street, hence the name of this theatre.