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Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Henderson Ryan (architect, 1857- )
  • McFadden & Swain (builder/contractor)
Creator
Date
  • 1936
  • 1927/1928
  • 1922
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2009)
Temporal
  • 1930-1939
  • 1920-1929
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.
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 361 Southwest Madison Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 44.563857
GPS Longitude
  • -123.262063
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • benton_corvallis_whiteside.pdf
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
  • Andersen, Dennis A., "Additional Significant Seattle Architects: Ryan, Henderson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 350, 1994.
Institution
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rb19g

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rb19g

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Whiteside Theatre (Corvallis, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rb19g

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 McFadden & Swain http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/McFaddenandSwain
2 Ryan, Henderson http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RyanHenderson
3 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 motion picture theaters http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007135
6 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
7 floor plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034158
8 cultural centers (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005135
9 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
10 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
11 plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034104
12 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
13 theaters (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007117
14 Renaissance Revival http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021464
15 Benton County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5713677/
16 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
17 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
18 Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5720727/
19 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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