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AKA: Egyptian Theater, Lamanda Park, Pasadena, CA; Uptown Theatre, Lamanda Park, Pasadena, CA
Structure Type: built works - performing arts structures - theatres
Designers: Gordon, Kenneth A., Architect (firm); Woodworth, J.H. and Son, Building Contractors (firm); Kenneth A. Gordon (architect); J. H. Woodworth (building contractor)
Dates: constructed 1924-1925
Warner's Egyptian opened on 05/06/1925; the theatre was also known as the Uptown Theatre and it ended showing films during the 1980s. Subsequently, the building housed an antiques shop and a computer store but was vacant in early 2009.
Warner's Egyptian was a built as a Class C theatre, one seating seat 1,200. John Jickmore and Henry W. Warner commissioned a 70 x 125 foot venue in diameter; the owners spent $45,000 on furnishings; J.H. Woodworth and Son was the building contractor, and the architect, Kenneth Gordon, worked as an employee of this firm. In 2009, the original asbestos fire curtain still hung in the Warner Egyptian's auditorium.
An earlier building on the site was utilized as the theatre's lobby. A brick panel that supported rooftop signage has been removed. the Warner Egyptian Theatre was being remodeled in 2003 to be re-used as the "Oasis Theatre," a project that was not completed. In 2009, this venue was considered in serious danger of demolition.
PCAD id: 3197
