The Grand Theatre was built as a lodge hall and opera house by the Oddfellows in 1900, and was designed by the architectural firm of Pugh & Gray.[1] The Julius Grau Opera Company performed at the grand opening on November 29, 1900.[2] An annex containing a hotel and bus terminal and designed by architect Morris Whitehouse was built in 1921. The two former I.O.O.F. buildings were added to the NRHP in 1988.[3] The buildings currently hold retail businesses, offices, and a ballroom with other facilities that are rented for special events and even lends itself as a film and music venue. Enlightened Theatrics also performs several Broadway style live performances each year at the Grand Theatre. The Grand Theatre has main floor and balcony seating. The Film Daily Yearbook of 1947 listed the Grand Theatre having 744 seats. Over the years, the seating capacity has been reduced to 380 seats. There are 13 rows on the main floor with 268 seats and 5 rows in the balcony with 112 seats.
^ Cowan, Ron. "Downtown theater ushers in a new era". www.newspapers.com. Statesman Journal. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
^ "Grand Opera House Grand Opening". www.oregonnews.uoregon.edu - Oregon Historic Newspaper Database, University of Oregon (Newspaper). The Daily Journal. November 27, 1900. vol.X no.29 p.4. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
salem, historic, grand, theatre, grand, theatre, part, complex, historic, buildings, salem, oregon, united, states, that, originally, owned, fraternal, organization, independent, order, fellows, listed, national, register, historic, places, nrhp, chemeketa, lo. The Grand Theatre is part of a complex of historic buildings in Salem Oregon United States that was originally owned by the fraternal organization Independent Order of Odd Fellows and listed on the National Register of Historic Places NRHP as the Chemeketa Lodge No 1 Odd Fellows Buildings The theater building is also known as the I O O F Temple Chemeketa Lodge No 1 Odd Fellows BuildingsU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtContributing propertyCorner view 2017Location185 195 High Street NESalem OregonCoordinates44 56 26 08 N 123 2 14 03 W 44 9405778 N 123 0372306 W 44 9405778 123 0372306Built1900ArchitectWalter D Pugh Morris Homans WhitehouseArchitectural styleRomanesque RevivalPart ofSalem Downtown State Street Commercial Street Historic District ID01001067 NRHP reference No 88000275Added to NRHPApril 8 1988 The Grand Theatre was built as a lodge hall and opera house by the Oddfellows in 1900 and was designed by the architectural firm of Pugh amp Gray 1 The Julius Grau Opera Company performed at the grand opening on November 29 1900 2 An annex containing a hotel and bus terminal and designed by architect Morris Whitehouse was built in 1921 The two former I O O F buildings were added to the NRHP in 1988 3 The buildings currently hold retail businesses offices and a ballroom with other facilities that are rented for special events and even lends itself as a film and music venue Enlightened Theatrics also performs several Broadway style live performances each year at the Grand Theatre The Grand Theatre has main floor and balcony seating The Film Daily Yearbook of 1947 listed the Grand Theatre having 744 seats Over the years the seating capacity has been reduced to 380 seats There are 13 rows on the main floor with 268 seats and 5 rows in the balcony with 112 seats See also editReed Opera House and McCornack Block Addition Elsinore Theater Capitol Theater Salem Oregon References edit Cowan Ron Downtown theater ushers in a new era www newspapers com Statesman Journal Archived from the original on January 1 2010 Retrieved March 25 2018 Grand Opera House Grand Opening www oregonnews uoregon edu Oregon Historic Newspaper Database University of Oregon Newspaper The Daily Journal November 27 1900 vol X no 29 p 4 Retrieved March 25 2018 Oregon National Register List PDF Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department July 16 2007 Retrieved November 16 2007 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Theater Salem Oregon Chemeketa Lodge No 1 Oddfellows from Salem Online History Grand Theater history and images from Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society Grand Ballroom official website of building owners Image of Grand Theatre building taken from Marion County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form with detailed description and history of the buildings nbsp This article about a property in Oregon on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Salem 27s Historic Grand Theatre amp oldid 1184796117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
