Orpheum Theater (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Orpheum Theater (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- Empress Theater (Portland, Oregon) Hippodrome Theater (Portland, Oregon) Pantages Theater (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator
- Priteca, Benjamin Marcus
- Photographer
- Ross, Marion Dean
- Creator Display
- Benjamin Marcus Priteca (architect, 1889-1971)
- Description
- This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest. The building was remodeled in 1926 and demolished in 1976.
- View
- exterior: Orpheum Theatre, on the right Royal Building
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1910-1919 1920-1929
- Work Type
- cultural centers (buildings) playhouses (buildings) theaters, motion picture
- Latitude
- 45.519002
- Longitude
- -122.679933
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 759 SW Broadway
- Date
- 1913
- View Date
- 1974-06-28
- Identifier
- pna_07172
- Item Locator
- mdr08165
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- This theater opened in 1913 as the Empress Theater and operated under the name Hippodrome Theater from 1917-1925. B. Marcus Priteca renovated the structure and it became the Pantages Theater, 1927-29. It was known as the Orpheum Theater, 1929-1976. The site was occupied by Nordstrom's, Pioneer Courthouse Square.
