Mission Theater and Pub
{{Short description|Movie theater and pub in Portland, Oregon, United States}}
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| caption = Exterior of the Mission
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| address = 1624 NW Glisan Street
| country = United States
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| owner = McMenamins
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| built = 1913
| reopened = 1987
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| website = {{URL|https://www.mcmenamins.com/mission-theater}}
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The Mission Theater and Pub is a movie theater and pub located in the northwest Portland, Oregon. Formerly a Swedish church and union hall, the theater was re-opened as a McMenamins establishment in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://wweek.com/story.php?story=6109|title=Biting Our Time|date=March 9, 2005|accessdate=June 29, 2010|work=Willamette Week|first1=Caryn|last1=Brooks|first2=Audrey|last2=Van Buskirk|publisher=City of Roses Newspapers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605131515/http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=6109|archive-date=June 5, 2007|url-status=dead}} The theater was known for featuring second-run films, until 2019 when a first-run operation was implemented,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2019/05/08/mission-theater-portlands-original-theater-pub-is-changing-to-a-first-run-format/|title=Mission Theater, Portland's Original Theater Pub, Is Changing to a First-Run Format|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-date=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509150139/https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2019/05/08/mission-theater-portlands-original-theater-pub-is-changing-to-a-first-run-format/|url-status=live}} and for serving beer, wine, and food.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TAghAAAAIBAJ&pg=1364,1301671&dq|title=Pair builds bew pub empire – from churches, poor farms|date=December 10, 1991|accessdate=June 30, 2010|work=The Hour|location=Norwalk, Connecticut|archive-date=September 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916182523/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TAghAAAAIBAJ&pg=1364,1301671&dq|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RmwVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4546,7716354&dq|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124170529/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RmwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4546,7716354&dq|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2013|title=Theater in Salem licensed to serve beer, wine in lobby|date=July 30, 1989|accessdate=June 30, 2010|work=The Register-Guard|publisher=Guard Publishing|location=Eugene, Oregon}}
History
The building was built in 1913 and listed as the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant Church on the National Register of Historic Places on October 7, 1982.{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|page=40|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425031913/https://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|archive-date=April 25, 2018|url-status=dead|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant Church}}
- [https://www.mcmenamins.com/mission-theater Mission Theatre & Pub on the McMenamins site]
{{Northwest District, Portland, Oregon}}
{{Theatres in Portland, Oregon}}
{{National Register of Historic Places Oregon}}
{{Portal bar|Architecture|National Register of Historic Places|Oregon}}
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Category:1987 establishments in Oregon
Category:Cinemas and movie theaters in Oregon
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
Category:Theatres in Portland, Oregon
Category:Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Category:Buildings and structures in Northwest District, Portland, Oregon
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