Gateway Theatre
5812 San Pablo Avenue,
Oakland,
CA
94608
5812 San Pablo Avenue,
Oakland,
CA
94608
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Previously operated by: Golden State Theater & Realty Corp.
Architects: Alexander Aimwell Cantin, Alexander Mackenzie Cantin, Marc T. Jorgensen
Functions: Church
Styles: Italian Renaissance
Previous Names: Golden State Theatre
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Opened as the Golden State Theatre on February 13, 1926. It was equipped with a Smith 2 manual 7 ranks organ. It was renamed Gateway Theatre in 1936. In 1938 it was remodeled to the plans of father & son architects Alexander Aimwell Cantin & Alexander McKenzie Cantin, who, in 1945 formed the architectural firm Cantin and Cantin. It was operated by Golden State Theater & Realty Corp. It was still open in 1957.
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The Gateway (originally Golden State) has long been home to the Star Bethel Church. In the late 1970’s, an expansion of the front entrance eliminated the facade of the building; however, outer traces of the auditorium (though punctured by church windows) remain intact.
The Golden State opened on February 13, 1926; it became the Gateway in 1936.
The Gateway’s current function should be “Church.”
The Gateway’s original architect was Mark T. Jorgensen; a 1938 facade update was done by Alaxander A. Cantin. Its architectual style was Italian Renaissance.
The Gateway was a nice theater that drew from North Oakland, Emeryville and South Berkeley.
Remember seeing Sirocco there around 1951.
According to the “Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ” by David L. Junchen, pg. 628, the Golden State (Gateway) Theatre in Oakland had a two-manual, seven-rank Smith organ, with roll player, installed in 1926.
Does anybody know where it went, or if it’s still there in the church?
Thanks!