Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)

Title: Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Creator: Ryan, Henderson McFadden & Swain
Photographer: Carol Chin
Creator Display: Henderson Ryan (architect, 1857- ) McFadden & Swain (builder/contractor)
Description: National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nps.gov/nr
View: interior: Looking southwest at mezzanine lounge.
Provenance: University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1920-1929 1930-1939
Style Period: Renaissance Revival
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) interior views cultural centers (buildings) playhouses (buildings) theaters, motion picture lounges (sitting rooms)
Latitude: 44.563857
Longitude: -123.262063
Location: Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 361 Southwest Madison Avenue
Date: 1922 1936 1927/1928
View Date: 2008-06
Identifier: OR_BentonCounty_WhitesideTheatre14.jpg
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Citation: Andersen, Dennis A., "Additional Significant Seattle Architects: Ryan, Henderson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 350, 1994.
Note: Constructed in 1922 by brothers Samuel and George Whiteside in the heart of Corvallis’s commercial core, the Whiteside Theatre was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its distinctive design as a movie palace in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture. Designed to seat over 1,100 patrons when it first opened, the Whiteside Theatre reflected national trends in both architecture and entertainment for a movie palace at the time, including the use of triple-inset arched windows on the building’s front facade and ornate interior decoration. Although the theatre suffered two fires during its early years, the Whiteside family continued operation of the theatre until 1985. The only major alteration made to the building, a large neon marquee was added in 1950. Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.