Cascade Theatre

{{Short description|Cinema in Redding, California, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

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| name = Cascade Theatre

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| image = Cascade Theater 1935 - Redding, CA.JPG

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| address = 1731 Market St.

| city = Redding, California

| country = United States

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| owner = Southern Oregon University

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| operator = JPR Foundation

| capacity = 1,348

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| opened = August 9, 1935

| reopened = 2004

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| currentuse = music venue

| website = {{URL|http://www.cascadetheatre.org}}

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| architect = J. Lloyd Conrich

| builder = Salih Brothers

| architecture = Art Deco

| added = January 17, 2002

| area = {{convert|0.3|acre}}

| refnum = 01001459{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Cascade Theatre is a prominent example of the Art Deco style in Redding, California. The cinema was designed by J. Lloyd Conrich of San Francisco in 1934 for the Naify family, who operated the Golden State Theaters chain of movie theaters in northern California, which later became the United Artists Theaters. The new cinema was built in 1935 by Salih Brothers and opened on August 9 with 1348 seats. It was the first air conditioned public building in Redding. In 1979 the large house was subdivided into four smaller theaters, and in 1997 it closed.{{cite web | url={{NRHP url|id=01001459}} | title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form:Cascade Theatre | publisher=National Park Service | date=August 1, 2001 | accessdate=May 8, 2012 | author=Kramer, George}} The Cascade Theatre reopened in 2004 after it was purchased by Southern Oregon University and the JPR Foundation. The house was restored to its original configuration and it is used as a community auditorium and arts center.{{cite web | url=http://www.cascadetheatre.org/Page.asp?NavID=1004 | title=Back to the Future | publisher=Cascade Theatre | year=2005 | accessdate=May 8, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718164902/http://www.cascadetheatre.org/Page.asp?NavID=1004 | archivedate=July 18, 2012 }}