Sixth Street Cinema
4994 6th Street,
Mariposa,
CA
95338
4994 6th Street,
Mariposa,
CA
95338
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The Sixth Street Cinema was built inside an old Masonic Lodge, and showed the best of independent film in the tiny central California town of Mariposa. It was closed on March 1, 2012.
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ANOTHER RELATED WEBSITE:
http://ruralmediaarts.org/index.html
Some photos at that Site.
STYLE: ARTS AND CRAFTS
ARCHITECT: F.W. SCHLAGETER
PHONE 209.966.1333
Built early 1900’s.
1st floor was 32X60 with a stage at the rear. In earlier years, it housed the Liberty Dance Hall and a MOVIE THEATER (A TIN-LINED PROJECTION ROOM IS LOCATED ABOVE THE EXTERIOR DOORS ON THE FAR END).
ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THAT THEATER WAS?
The Sixth Street Cinema is on the 2nd floor.
Owned by Rural Media Arts and Education Project, a public cinema.
The renovation was done “GREEN” and all work had to be historically accurate because they are applying for National Landmark Status.
More info and photos are always welcome.
A careful reading of the newspaper article at the Rural Media Arts web site reveals that F.W. Schlageter was not the architect of the Masonic Lodge, but one of the trustees who was awaiting the architect’s plans. Because the scan of the article is small, and a bit fuzzy, the period could be mistaken for a comma at first glance.
I wonder if the theater that once operated on the ground floor of the Masonic Lodge could have been the Mariposa Theatre? We have no address for the Mariposa, so it could have been anywhere in town, including this building. Here is the Media Arts page that mentions the ground floor theater. The Sixth Street Cinema being on the second floor, the earlier house would not have been the same theater despite it having been in the same building.
In October 2012 the movie theatre on the second floor was closed and the building was undergoing restoration. A still available theatre website indicated film programming was mostly performing arts oriented and the last film (more likely a digital presentation) was apparently on March 1, 2012. Plans for future use of the building and whether film showings will be included are unknown.