Castle Theatre
8518 S. San Pedro Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90003
8518 S. San Pedro Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90003
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Located in the Avalon Gardens district in South Central Los Angeles. The Castle Theatre was a small neighborhood house opened in 1925. It was closed by 1954, and is now a church.
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William Gabel
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An ad in the 11/6/54 LA Times advertises a service at the Christ Community Church in the Castle Theater Building. You could assume that the Castle was already out of business by that date, unless the church was renting the theater on a part time basis.
Not demolished. It’s currently a church. I doubt if it had 575 seats as it was pretty small. Clearly a theater at one time, though. Status should be closed.
Here is a June 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2xjyhb
Please note status change to closed.
Not demolished per photo of 6/16/07, unless someone disagrees.
Sorry.
Listed in the 1942 directory at 8520 S. San Pedro. These addresses seem to fluctuate as it was at 8518 in 1939. The address of the building in the June 07 photo is 8518.
Assessor information for the building at 8516-8518-8522 S. San Pedro says that it was built in 1925 and has just over 5800 sq. ft. The land is valued at $124,124 while the building is valued at $346,122, so the church that now occupies it obviously isn’t letting it fall apart.
I stopped by yesterday and talked with some of the church-goers. A few knew of their building’s history and other theaters in the area. It seems that the square filled in with a security gate was once an open entrance; about 10 or 12 feet behind the door is what remains of the old ticket booth. They were busy closing up, so I didn’t get the opportunity to peek into the auditorium.
This photograph of the Castle Theatre was taken by George Mann in 1926.