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| Object Name | Orpheum Theater (Portland, Oregon)
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| View | exterior: Orpheum Theatre being demolished |
| Alternate Name | Empress Theater (Portland, Oregon)
Hippodrome Theater (Portland, Oregon)
Pantages Theater (Portland, Oregon)
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| Creator/Role | Benjamin Marcus Priteca (architect, 1889-1971)
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| Creator | Priteca, B. Marcus
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| Date | 1913
remodeled, 1926
demolished, 1976
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| Decade | 1910-1919
1920-1929
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| City | Portland
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| County | Multnomah
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| State/Province | Oregon
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| Country | United States
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| Site Detail | 759 SW Broadway |
| Photograph Date | July 23, 1976
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| Photographer | Marion Dean Ross (1913-1991)
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| Cataloger | Edward H. Teague |
| Object Type | cultural centers (buildings)
theaters (buildings)
motion picture theaters (buildings)
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| Notes | 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. |
| Metadata Notes | Description of this work is based initially on documentation supplied by the image provider. It is often the case with gift slides that very little information is provided. Review and updating of descriptive information by the collection cataloger is ongoing. |
| Digital Collection | Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
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| Source Collection | Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon Libraries, http://library.uoregon.edu/aaa/ |
| Image Source | Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Copyright | © University of Oregon. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ ). Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is required. |
| File Name | pna_07173.jpg |
