Granada Theatre
4631 Mission Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94112
4631 Mission Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94112
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Additional Info
Operated by: Golden State Theater & Realty Corp.
Architects: G. Albert Lansburgh, Frederick H. Meyer
Functions: Retail
Styles: Art Deco, Spanish Renaissance
Previous Names: Excelsior Theatre
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This theater, which opened in 1921 as the Excelsior Theatre, was located in the Mission Terrace/Excelsior District. On October 3, 1931 it was renamed Granada Theatre. The opening movie was Victor McLaglen in “Annabella’s Affairs”. It was operated by Golden State Theater & Realty Corp. It was still open in 1957. Since at least 2008 it has become a Goodwill thrift store.
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ken mc you mixed the pictures of both Granada Theatres together.
Sorry about that. There is now a Goodwill store on the first floor, so retail would be the appropriate function.
This theater was designed for the Excelsior Amusement Company by architect G. Albert Lansburgh. It was mentioned in several issues of Building and Engineering News in 1921.
The art moderne tower and other alterations to this theater in 1931 were the work of architect Frederick H. Meyer. The Architect and Engineer announced the planned $50,000 modernization project in its issue of March, 1931.
The problem is that there were two architects named Frederick H. Meyer practicing in San Francisco from about 1900 to 1960, and I’ve been unable to discover if the Granada remodeling was the work of Frederick Herman Meyer or Frederick Heinrich Meyer.
Granada had that old light bulb vertical that really stood out at night. Just before the theatre closed, I recall the vertical was re-bulbed and the Granada glowed out in the night, the only thing you could see in that area of the city. Wish I had taken a photo as it was magnificent. BTW, there were downtown theatres that weren’t as elegant as the Excelsior District’s Granada.
Now a Goodwill store.
Reopened on October 3rd, 1931 as Granada.
Granada (II) theatre opening 03 Oct 1931, Sat The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
So many memories of the Granada….staring at the screen,ornate decor to its left and right, a blue glowing clock to the left of screen, the smell of popcorn. Junior mints stuck to seats, some seats were taped. The swing doors tjat let you into auditorium with tjeir small windows in them, the phone booth under the balcony stairs. As i kid i loved it! Too bad its marquee could not be saved.
Now a goodwill but might be a closed building that was last used as goodwill.
According to yelp, the Goodwill is still open.