Ferndale Repertory Theatre
477 Main Street,
Ferndale,
CA
95536
477 Main Street,
Ferndale,
CA
95536
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Ferndale Repertory Theatre (Official)
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Architects: Franklin T. Georgeson
Functions: Live Theater, Movies (Classic)
Previous Names: Hart Theatre, Village Playhouse
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
707.786.5483
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Replacing an earlier Hart’s Theatre, this Hart Theatre opened on November 30, 1920 and screened movies until it closed on September 18, 1960 with Bob Hope in “That Certain Feeling” & Danny Kaye in “Up in Arms”.
The theatre was renovated years later, renamed Village Playhouse and opened as a live performance venue in April 1972. Classic movies are screened on various holiday times of the year.
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It looks like this group is using the theater for live performances. The status and function should be changed accordingly.
http://www.ferndale-rep.org/
Here’s another view of the theater as it is today: scroll down to see it:
http://wildrivers101.com/venues.html
The July 21, 1920, issue of Building & Engineering News had an item saying that the contract had been awarded for construction of a reinforced concrete theater and store building, 118x40 feet, on Main Street in Ferndale for Boyd & Pollock. The project had been designed by Eureka architect Frank T. Georgeson.
This web page at Waymarking confirms that the project was the Hart Theatre. The theater is part of the NRHP-listed Ferndale Main Street Historic District.
Grand opening of the new Hart Theatre was November 30, 1920 replacing the previous Hart’s Theatre. It appears to have close September 18, 1960 apparently at the end of lease with That Certain Feeling and World in his Arms.
The predecessor of the Hart Theatre was called the Valerie Theatre. The two houses had the same operators in 1920, Pollock & Boyd, and the Valerie was closed when the Hart opened, but the new house was named for Miss Frances Hart, the owner of the property on which the theater was built.