Savoy Theatre

The Savoy Theater is not showing movies currently but has hosted some special events recently. The theater marquee lists the theater for sale, lease or rent and has a lot going for it. It is in very good condition and located in the heart of Port Orford.

I saw and photographed the exterior of the Savoy last week. By chance, the woman who owns and operates it came out and spoke with me. She told me that it was built in the Thirties, and indeed was originally called the Colonial. She named the theatre Savoy after a favorite dog of hers, whom she’d named after the Savoy Brown band(!), with full knowledge that there are plenty of old theatres the world over with the name Savoy. A friend of hers from Canada painted the mural which is on the exterior wall facing you as you drive Northward on 101. The wall holding the mural is not actually a wall of the theatre, but the sole surviving wall of a grocery store which once stood next to the theatre. The owner of the grocery had long ago feared that the theatre would burn someday due to the projector, and so erected the concrete wall to protect his store. Ironically, it was the grocery store which eventually burned down. There was a restaurant and gas station on the other side of the theatre. These are now replaced by a modern building. The previous owner of the theatre also operated theatres in Weed, and the California Theatre in Dunsmuir. The present owner of the Savoy had her eyes longingly on the Dunsmuir Cal, but it was too large a project for her to get involved in.

for sale $395.000.00