Olympian Theatre
113 E. 1st Street,
Port Angeles,
WA
98362
113 E. 1st Street,
Port Angeles,
WA
98362
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Previously operated by: Sterling Theaters, Inc.
Architects: George B. Purvis
Previous Names: Mack Theatre, Halberg's Olympian Theatre, Olympian Theatre
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Opened as the Mack Theatre on November 24, 1922. The architect was George B. Purvis. It was most likely named after it’s builder and first manager, Mack J. Davis. In 1926 it was renamed Halberg’s Olympian Theatre and a Robert Morton organ had been installed. In 1927 it received a major overhaul and a new Robert Morton organ was installed, reopening as the New Olympian Theatre on June 21, 1927 with Monte Blue in “The Brute”. By 1949 it was operated by Sterling Theaters, Inc. It was demolished in 1969. The site is currently a parking lot below street level.
All that remains of the Olympian Theatre is part of the wall the theatre building shared with the building to the south.
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Demolished in 1969 for “Shopper’s Parking”.
Here is an article from the Port Angeles Evening News on May 6, 1969. The photos were too dark to reproduce here.
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Here is a November 1956 ad from the same source:
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From the late 1930s a photo postcard view of East 1st Street along with the Olympian Theatre in Port Angeles.
Jack McGregor “Mack” Davis of the Dream Theater announced this $60,000 project in May of 1924. It would be built to the plans architect George B. Purvis and carry a 25-year lease upon completion. Opened as the Mack Theatre on November 24, 1922 Mack sold off the theater in 1926.
The venue remained the Mack Theatre for a brief transitional period. Prior to the name change, the new operators, Edwin and Evan Halberg, installed a three manual and pedal $25,000 Robert Morton Orchestra Organ was installed with the venue teasing a new name. That year it would be renamed The Olympian.
In 1927, it received a major overhaul and reopening (see ad in photos) and a new Robert Morton pipe organ. That theater was then donated by the Halbergs to the Lutheran church which used the venue and organ through 1957 before replacing it with a new organ in a new location in 1963. The Olympian operated until 1961 when the City closed it for safety issues. DelGuzzi Construction demolished the Olympian in July of 1969.