Priteca, B. Marcus, Architect (Practice)

click to open gallery Aerial view of Longacres Racetrack, Renton, WA, 1959. Photo by the Donald and Lela Crawford Airphoto Company, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division, Washington Localities Collection, Item #WAS4095
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Gregory Ain, William Henry Fey, Otis E. Hancock, Pierce Aspden Horrocks, Edward Thomas Osborn, Barnet Marcus Priteca, Howard Huston Riley, Donn Mueller Sibold

Active 1911-1927, 1929-1964

Firm Notes

Priteca worked very closely with the Seattle-based vaudeville impressario, Alexander Pantages (1867-1936), designing movie theatres for his circuit. Priteca practiced for most of his career in Seattle, WA, although a Los Angeles office existed in the 1920s in order to produce designs for Southern California-based theatrical exhibition chains.

According to architectural historian Anthony Denzer, the noted Modernist Gregory Ain worked briefly for Priteca in Los Angeles during the 1920s. (See Anthony Denzer, Gregory Ain: The Modern Home as Social Commentary. [New York: Rizzoli Publications, 2008], p. 29.)

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
4th Avenue Theatre, Downtown, Anchorage, AK1941-1947AnchorageAK
759 SW Broadway Office Building, Empress Grand Theatre, Downtown, Portland, OR 1912-1913PortlandOR
823 24th Avenue House, Seattle, WASeattleWA
Canadian Bank of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA1931Los AngelesCA
Central Hotel, Downtown, Tacoma, WA1927TacomaWA
Chevra Bikur Cholim Synagogue #3, Central District, Seattle, WA1909-1915SeattleWA
Chevra Bikur Cholim Synagogue #4, Seward Park, Seattle, WA1964SeattleWA
City of Seattle, Public Safety Building #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1946-1951SeattleWA
Coliseum Theatre #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA1915-1916SeattleWA
Crystal Swimming Pool, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1915-1916SeattleWA
Evergreen State Theatre, Olympia, WA1948-1950OlympiaWA
Lathrop Building, 4th Avenue Theatre, Anchorage, AK1947AnchorageAK
Longacres Racetrack Complex, Renton, WA 1933-1933RentonWA
Magnolia Theatre, Magnolia, Seattle, WA1947-1948SeattleWA
Majestic Theatre, Ballard, Seattle, WA1914-1915SeattleWA
Marshall Square Office Building, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
Mercy Theatre, Downtown, Yakima, WA1919-1920YakimaWA
Office Building and Theatre Project, Aberdeen, WAAberdeenWA
Orpheum Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1926-1927SeattleWA
Orpheum Theatre #2, Vancouver, BC, Canada1926-1927VancouverBC
Orpheum Theatre #4, San Francisco, CA1926San FranciscoCA
Orpheum Theatre #7, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1926-1927SeattleWA
Pacific Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA1931Beverly HillsCA
Pantages Office Building #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1914-1915SeattleWA
Pantages Office Building #2, Pantages Theatre #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1919-1920Los AngelesCA
Pantages Office Building #2, Pantages Theatre #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1914-1915SeattleWA
Pantages Office Building and Theatre #2, Tacoma, WA1916-1918TacomaWA
Pantages Office Building and Theatre, Downtown, Great Falls, MT1913-1914Great FallsMT
Pantages Office Building and Theatre, Downtown, Oakland, CA1912OaklandCA
Pantages Theatre #1, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1907-1908VancouverBC
Pantages Theatre #2, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1916-1917VancouverBC
Pantages Theatre and Office Building, Downtown, Minneapolis, MN1916MinneapolisMN
Pantages Theatre and Office Building, Project, New Orleans, LA1921
Pantages Theatre, Downtown, Fresno, CA1928FresnoCA
Pantages Theatre, Downtown, Salt Lake City, UT1919-1920Salt Lake CityUT
Pantages Theatre, Downtown, San Diego, CA 1923-1924San DiegoCA
Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1929-1930Hollywood, Los AngelesCA
Pantages Theatre, San Francisco, CA1910-1911San FranciscoCA
Pantages Theatre, Spokane, WA1918SpokaneWA
Paramount Theatre and Office Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA1927-1928SeattleWA
Portola Theatre, West Seattle, Seattle, WA1919SeattleWA
Seattle Talmud Torah Synagogue, Seattle, WA1929-1930SeattleWA
Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Sanctuary #2, Central District, Seattle, WA1959-1960SeattleWA
Tower Theatre, Downtown, Bend, OR1939-1940BendOR
Union Stables, Seattle, WA1909-1910SeattleWA
United States Navy (USN), Naval Reserve Building, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA1941-1942SeattleWA
Warner Brothers Downtown Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CAHollywood, Los AngelesCA
Warner Brothers Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA1930-1931Beverly HillsCA
Warner Brothers Theatre, Huntington Park, CA1930Huntington ParkCA
Washoe Theatre, Anaconda, MT1935-1936AnacondaMT

Publications

"Washington", American Architect, CIV: 1976, 16, 1913-11-05. "Building News: Louisiana", American Architect and Architecture, CXIX: 2363, 10, 1921-04-06. "Seattle architect, theater designer (Obituary)", American Institute of Architects Journal, 56: 62, 11/1971. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 192-193, 213, 216, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 41-43, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 184, 187, 218, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 66, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 218, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 218, 1981. "Canadian Bank of Commerce, Los Angeles notes", Architect & Engineer, 94, 5/1931. Smith, Laura Massino, "Continue north on Argyle Avenue", Architecture Tours L.A. Guidebook Hollywood, 10, 2004. Broderick, Henry, Early Seattle Profiles, 31, 1959. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 188, 1978. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 131, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 131, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Temple de Hirsch Sanctuary, 1960", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 150, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 140, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 193, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally B., Montgomery, Roger, "Public Safety Building", Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 123, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, c. 1912, rehabilitated 1970", Guide to Architecture in Washington State: An Environmental Perspective, 152, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Capitol Theatre, 1920, restored 1978", Guide to Architecture in Washington State: An Environmental Perspective, 378-379, 1980. Ewell, Liza, Historic Ballard Walking Tour, nd. Intermission Featuring Original Drawings of B. Marcus Priteca, n.d.. "Orpheum Theatre Vancouver", Journal of Commerce, 12/05/1926. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 155, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 129, 1994. Edmonds, Andy, "Showstopper", Los Angeles Magazine, 128-136, 11/1989. "Showhouse construction takes advantage of low costs", Los Angeles Times, part V: 1, 5/4/1930. "Theater skyscraper announced", Los Angeles Times, 1, 12/23/1928. Crowley, Walt, National Trust Guide Seattle, 124, 1998. Steinbrueck, Victor, Seattle Architecture 1850-1953, 19, 1953. Sommer, Constance, "Picture this: Bay may be reopening investor has big plans for old Ballard Theater", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A1, 01/31/1998. "Seattle Heroes Given Honor", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, CH12, 1951-01-07. "Safety Building Aptly Planned", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, CH 12, 1951-01-07. "City Building Plans Started", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 6, 1945-09-18. "Safety Building Aptly Planned", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12, 1951-01-07. "$850,000 Pantages Theatre Will Be Opened on Monday", Seattle Star, 2, 1915-07-17. Newnham, Blaine, "Alhadeff's poplars couldn't withstand the winds of change", Seattle Times, C1, 03/31/1988. Reddin, John J., "John J. Reddin's Faces of the City:'Benny'Priteca about to lose happy home", Seattle Times, 33, 09/27/1964. Duncan, Don, "Don Duncan's Driftwood Diary: Meet Mr. Architect", Seattle Times, 4, 01/24/1971. "Face of an architect", Seattle Times, 23, 12/5/1961. Reddin, John J., "Benny Priteca about to Lose Happy Home", Seattle Times, 33, 09/27/1964. Dorpat, Paul, "From Palace to Parking Garage", Seattle Times, 31, 08/30/2009. Case, Frederick, "Exceeding projections--The Bay Theatre has been a screen gem for 75 years", Seattle Times, C1, 03/31/1990. "Seattle Architects Will Show Small House Plans", Seattle Union Record, 3, 1922-04-03. Rash, David A., "Schack, Young and Myers", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 157, 1994. Sutermeister, Miriam, "B. Marcus Priteca", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 184, 1994. "Yakima boasts healthy 'cousin' to the Pantages: City's successful Capitol Theater mirrors hopes for Tacoma project", Tacoma News Tribune, C10-C11, 08/16/1981.

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