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AKA: City of Tracy, Cultural Arts Division, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Downtown, Tracy, CA
Structure Type: built works - performing arts structures - theatres
Designers: Cornelius, Albert W., Architect (firm); Albert W. Cornelius (architect)
Dates: constructed 1923
2 stories
Building History
Architect Albert W. Cornellius developed a specialty in designing movie theatres during the 1910s and 1920s in towns throughout Northern CA. The Grand Theatre, constructed for John C. Droge, a German immigrant businessman, opened on 08/11/1923. Droge had a profound influence on the development of early Tracy, establishing several businesses, including the Bank of Tracy, and building a number of buildings in its central business district, including a store on the northwest corner of West 7th Street and North Central Avenue, the Shamrock Hotel (13 West 7th Street, 1906), American Hotel (719 North Central Avenue, 1909), and the Grand Theatre. (See Grand Theatre.org, "About the Grand," accessed 04/22/2024.)
Alteration
PCAD id: 25145
