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OlyTrivia: Avalon Theatre

Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 6:35pm.

avalon

Taken from the Apr. 25, 1928 Daily Olympian. Know where this place is in the present day?

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Avalon Theatre and Store Building

Architect's drawing of the new Avalon theatre building which is now being occupied by a number of Olympia merchants. The theatre proper will open Thursday evening. Below is a picture of the old corner. The buildings shown were removed to make way for the new structure which has improved the appearance of the corner considerably. The building was designed by Franklin Cox Stanton for the Casco company, Millard Lemon, president, builders.

Marking Another Milestone in the March of Progress of Olympia

This Modern Building Will House the Avalon Theatre, Avalon Confectionary, Avalon Grocery, Dew Drap [i.e., Drop] Inn, Good Eats Cafe

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A Guess

Submitted by Berd on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:15pm.

First thought that comes to mind: The Olympia Supply Building.

Nope

Submitted by stevenl on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 5:59am.

Clue#1. A bowling alley used to be a neighbor.

Oh this is a snap

Submitted by Laurian on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 6:11am.

It is on 4th Ave across from Jake's. In it's last incarnation it held Griswold's Office supply but now is a shell due to a fire.

Yup

Submitted by stevenl on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 1:39pm.

I see I made this too easy for you, oh Formidable One.

Avalon burned

Submitted by jbart900 on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 12:21am.

Sadly, fire took the theater down after Griswolds cleared out. An old timer told me that's where all the Tom Mix westerns played. I crawled around in there once and they had a very old 35mm projection booth. There was a very unique platter for early sound films - where the soundtrack was played on an oversized record along side the film. OFS was dreaming about it as a possible 2nd venue before it was torched.

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