Building History

Architects O'Brien and Werner designed the Mission Theatre #1 c. 1907. They also had designed the Princess Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, Valencia Street Theatre, and 16th Street Theatre by 1907. Their design for the Tivoli Theatre in San Francisco, CA, dated c. 1915.

The first Mission Theatre changed its name at least twice, first to the Premium (c. 1911-1913) and then the Idle Hour (c. 1913-1915). According to the Cinema Treasures.org web site, "In 1916, the architectural firm Reid Brothers reused the original theatre as an entrance lobby to their newly built auditorium of the 1,500-seat New Mission Theatre that sits on Bartlett Alley, behind the Mission Street storefronts." (See Cinema Treasures.org, "Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Cinema," accessed 01/02/2019.)

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