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Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Henderson Ryan (architect, 1857- )
  • McFadden & Swain (builder/contractor)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1927/1928
  • 1936
  • 1922
Description
View
  • interior: Looking east at east end of foyer toward stairs to the mezzanine
View Date
  • 2008-06
Temporal
  • 1920-1929
  • 1930-1939
MODS Note
  • Constructed in 1922 by brothers Samuel and George Whiteside in the heart of Corvallis’s commercial core, the Whiteside Theatre was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its distinctive design as a movie palace in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture. Designed to seat over 1,100 patrons when it first opened, the Whiteside Theatre reflected national trends in both architecture and entertainment for a movie palace at the time, including the use of triple-inset arched windows on the building’s front facade and ornate interior decoration. Although the theatre suffered two fires during its early years, the Whiteside family continued operation of the theatre until 1985. The only major alteration made to the building, a large neon marquee was added in 1950. Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 361 Southwest Madison Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 44.563857
GPS Longitude
  • -123.262063
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • OR_BentonCounty_WhitesideTheatre06.jpg
Source
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
  • Andersen, Dennis A., "Additional Significant Seattle Architects: Ryan, Henderson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 350, 1994.
Institution
Conversion
  • This image is derived from a digital file (TIFF or JPG) received from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (07 May 2025). Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rd46s

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 07 May 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rd46s

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-05-07. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rd46s

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Ryan, Henderson http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RyanHenderson
2 McFadden & Swain http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/McFaddenandSwain
3 Carol Chin http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/CarolChin
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
6 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
7 theaters (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007117
8 cultural centers (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005135
9 architectural elements http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300000885
10 stairs http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300003228
11 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
12 No label found http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/workType/roomsandspaces
13 motion picture theaters http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007135
14 interior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124520
15 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
16 Renaissance Revival http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021464
17 Benton County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5713677/
18 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
19 Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5720727/
20 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
21 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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