Senator Theatre

3856 Telegraph Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94609

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Senator Theatre

The Senator Theatre was opened September 28, 1925. By the early-1940’s it was operated by Principal Theaters Corp. of America. It was closed in 1961.

Contributed by William Gabel

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gsmurph
gsmurph on November 8, 2003 at 2:16 pm

The Senator was opened about 1926 and closed in 1960. It was demolished a few years later for a church.

gsmurph
gsmurph on April 25, 2004 at 11:49 am

A correction to (my) earlier post—-the Senator opened on September 28, 1925 and was a Spanish Cathedral style theater. Alexander Aimwell Cantin was the designer. It was demolished in 1961 to make way for the BeBee Memorial C.M.E. Church, which was in need of larger quarters (from a much smaller facility).

spectrum
spectrum on September 7, 2007 at 10:29 pm

The Senator was remodeled by S. Charles Lee in 1936 in an art-moderne style.

xsallnow
xsallnow on December 15, 2013 at 12:43 am

The Senator, sometimes called the Fox Senator, was my place to go in those days as it was just a few blocks from where I lived. A very nice, well-kept theater. Good memories there.

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