Overview

This was the first theatre owned jointly by Casper "Claude" Schmidt Jensen (born 09/22/1881 in Richmond, UT-d. 09/05/1950 in Portland, OR) and John von Herberg (born Peter Coyle, 1880-1947), one of a circuit that they would operate during the 1910s-1930s.

Building History

John von Herberg lived above the theatre with his third wife, M.E. Darling, in the 1910s. (See Eric Flom, HistoryLink.org, "Susan Edgerly remembers her father, Seattle motion picture exhibitor John G. von Herberg, and her Seattle childhood," published 01/16/2002, accessed 04/23/2019.)

The National Theatre was closed in 1913 and reopened in 1914 as the "Tillikum Theatre." (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1914, p. 2049.)

PCAD id: 22890