Structure Type: built works - performing arts structures - theatres
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: constructed 1927-1928
The 1,080-seat El Campanil Theatre opened on 11/01/1928, featuring films and vaudeville performances. Ferdinand Stamm and Ralph Beede owned the theatre at the beginning and the former's family controlled it until 2003.
Tel: 925.757.9500, 925.757.1366 (2011);
In 2001, private citizens lobbied the City of Antioch to purchase and renovate the El Campanil Theatre. A non-profit foundation, the El Campanil Theatre Preservation Foundation, was formed in 07/2002 to carry out this remodeling effort which was part of larger urban renewal plan in Antioch. A revived El Campanil opened for patrons again on 07/04/2004.
PCAD id: 16249