Clarick Theatre
2200 Main Street,
Baker City,
OR
97814
2200 Main Street,
Baker City,
OR
97814
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George L. Baker launched the Baker City Opera House on January 18, 1901 and shortened to the Baker Opera House. It used the name Baker Theatre from 1906 to 1925 at which time it was closed for a major refresh by the Heilner Brothers and the Burks. It became the Clarick Theatre on November 9, 1925 launching Wirth “Blossom Time.”
The 1909-1910 Cahn guide lists the Baker Opera House as a ground-floor theater with a stage 30 feet deep from footlights to back wall and 59 ½ feet between side walls. There were 400 seats on the orchestra floor, 302 in the balcony, and 375 in the gallery.
The September 13, 1900, issue of Engineering News reported that the contract had been let to Grant & Haines for construction of the new opera house at Baker City, but no details were provided. A late 1900 opening is possible, but early 1901 is as likely.