Joy Theater

711 Bridge Street,
Vernonia, OR 97064

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Joy Theater

The Joy Theater was opened prior to 1932. The owners of the Joy Theater put the marquee up for sale on eBay in July 2004.

Contributed by Ken McIntyre

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 6, 2007 at 11:43 am

There is a photo of the Joy on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/yfcor5

strawberry
strawberry on July 24, 2007 at 12:50 am

Old photo from August 4, 1962 here.

The page also mentions about the city: “Vernonia dates from the 1870’s and was named after the daughter of one of its first settlers, Ozias Cherrington of Ohio. Its population in the 1980’s was less than 200.”

strawberry
strawberry on July 24, 2007 at 12:52 am

And another photo from August 4, 1962 here.

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[Deleted] on May 14, 2008 at 11:03 pm

A 2/6 Aeolian organ was apparently used in the Joy at one time.

AndrewBarrett
AndrewBarrett on November 3, 2015 at 5:55 pm

Here’s the details on the Joy Theatre in Vernonia: http://pstos.org/instruments/or/vernonia/joy.htm

And, here’s some pictures of the console of the theatre’s Aeolian theatre organ (one of only three they ever built, I believe… they mostly built residence and concert hall pipe organs), now in storage in a private residence: http://pstos.org/instruments/wa/kenmore/werries.htm

Hope this helps!

JackCoursey
JackCoursey on March 14, 2021 at 1:53 am

The actual address is 711 Bridge Street. Judging from the exterior this is/was an opulent little venue for such a small, but quaint little town.

JackCoursey
JackCoursey on March 14, 2021 at 3:23 am

Hereis a current photo of the former Joy.

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