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Overview

Seattle's Bijou Theatre stood on the west side of 2nd Avenue between Mill Street and Washington Street in 1884 and was located amid a block crowded with eight saloons, small shops and workshops.

Building History

James W. Smith likely operated two theatres in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood in 1884. One, known simply as the "Bijou Theatre," was located on Second Avenue South between Mill Street (later Yesler Way) and Washington Street. According to an insurance map of 1884, this building was of wood-frame construction.

The other operated as Smith's Bijou Theatre on the east side of 3rd Avenue South between Main and Washington Streets.

James Smith resided at the 2nd Avenue Theatre. A relation, Thomas H. Smith worked as a cashier at the Bijou on 2nd and also resided there. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1884, p. 187.)

Demolition

The Bijou Theatre likely burned in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, if it was not razed prior to that date.

PCAD id: 24542