Granada Theater (The Dalles, Oregon)

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| name = Granada Theater

| nrhp_type = cp

| partof = The Dalles Commercial Historic District{{Citation | last1 = Dodds | first1 = Linda | last2 = Schneider | first2 = Ted | last3 = Donovan | first3 = Sally | date = August 1997 | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Dalles Commercial Historic District (1997 Update) | url = {{NRHP url|id=86002953}} | accessdate = 2013-08-01 | format = PDF}}.

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| image = Grenada Theater - The Dalles Oregon.jpg

| alt = Photograph of the Granada Theater.

| caption = The Granada Theater in 2008.

| locmapin = USA Oregon The Dalles

| map_alt = Map of location in Oregon.

| map_caption = Location in The Dalles, Oregon

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| location = 221 E. 2nd Street
The Dalles, Oregon

| area =

| built = 1929

| builder = M.R. Matthew

| restored = 1996

| restored_by =

| architect = William Cutts

| architecture = Moorish Revival

| added = November 4, 1986{{Citation | last = Oregon Parks and Recreation Department | author-link = Oregon Parks and Recreation Department | title = Oregon Historic Sites Database | url = http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/ | accessdate = July 29, 2013}}.

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The Granada Theater, located on 2nd and Washington streets in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, was built in 1929. The exterior of theater is in the Moorish Revival style.{{Cite web |title=Granada Theater |url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6X5M_Granada_Theater |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Waymarking.com}}

History

The theater was designed by architect William A. Cutts for the Universal Film Corporation and building owner M.R. Matthew.{{Cite web |title=PCAD - Granada Theatre, The Dalles, OR |url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/8674/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=pcad.lib.washington.edu}} Initial costs totaled $125,000. The building was equipped with Vitaphone and Movietone sound systems. This theater is said to have been the first theater west of the Mississippi to show a "talkie".{{Cite web |last=Doussard |first=Robin |date=September 2010 |title=The Dalles buys historic theater - |url=http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/90-september-2010/4000-the-dalles-buys-historic-theater |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215105508/http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/90-september-2010/4000-the-dalles-buys-historic-theater |archive-date=2011-02-15 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Oregon Business}}

The building's corner marquee was added in the 1950s.

In 1986 the building was added to The Dalles Commercial Historic District.{{cite news |date=September 2007 |title=Historic theater in The Dalles gets new future |work=Oregon Business |url=http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/34-september-2007/723-historic-theater-in-the-dalles-gets-new-future |url-status=dead |accessdate=January 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131000155/http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/34-september-2007/723-historic-theater-in-the-dalles-gets-new-future |archive-date=January 31, 2013}}

The city of The Dalles purchased the theater in September 2010. In March 2017 the building was sold to new owners, who planned to renovate and reopen the building.{{Cite web |last=Burkhardt |first=Jesse |date=2017-03-30 |title=The Dalles sells Granada Theater |url=http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/mar/30/dalles-sells-granada-theater/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403142002/http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/mar/30/dalles-sells-granada-theater/ |archive-date=2017-04-03 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=The Dalles Chronicle}} The theater reopened in November of that year, with its facade repainted as it would have been in 1929.{{Cite web |last=Burkhardt |first=Jesse |date=2017-09-20 |title=Granada Theater in The Dalles reopening with festivities |url=https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/business/granada-theater-in-the-dalles-reopening-with-festivities/article_d1d42097-3e13-5edd-8438-38f2f333f47a.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Columbia Gorge News |language=en}}

The theater received funding from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to fund repairs and to keep the building open.{{Cite web |last=Tonthat |first=Steven |date=1 July 2020 |title=Oregon's Historic Theaters Get Financial Boost For Preservation |url=https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/federal-funds-repair-oregon-historic-theaters-covid-19-pandemic/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Oregon Public Broadcasting |language=en}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120618234434/http://www.gorgegranada.com/ Granada Theater] (official website)

Category:1929 establishments in Oregon

Category:Buildings and structures in The Dalles, Oregon

Category:Cinemas and movie theaters in Oregon

Category:Former cinemas in the United States

Category:Historic district contributing properties in Oregon

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wasco County, Oregon

Category:Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon