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Building History

The Orpheum Music Hall, located at 200 2nd Avenue South, was known under several names, starting first as the Orpheum between 1896-1898; next, it was called the "Wabash Theatre" in 1898, the "Olympic Theatre" in 1898, the "Mascot Theatre" from 1900-1903, and, finally, the "Clancy Theatre" during 1903.

Building Notes

According to Eugene Clinton Elliott, A History of Variety-Vaudeville in Seattle from the Beginning to 1914, there were five separate theatres that had the name "Orpheum" before 1914, this being the second. (See "Eugene Clinton Elliott, A History of Variety-Vaudeville in Seattle from the Beginning to 1914, Appendix I, [Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1944], p.66-67.) While the Orpheum Theatre #5 at 919 3rd Avenue (designed by William Kingsley) was also operating, Polk's Seattle City Directories between 1918-1920 also listed the former Moore Theatre at 1934 2nd Avenue as the "Orpheum Theatre." (The Moore/Orpheum became the sixth theatre to have the Orpheum name.) Between 1885-1927, the name "Orpheum" was applied to a total of seven different theatrical venues in Seattle. The seventh was a design by B. Marcus Priteca (1889-1971) was located at 505 Stewart Street, erected in 1926-1927.

PCAD id: 18358