Bay Theatre
1206 Lincoln Avenue,
Alameda,
CA
94501
1206 Lincoln Avenue,
Alameda,
CA
94501
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The October 30, 1915 issue of Moving Picture World has an item datelined Alameda saying “[t]he Bay Station theater has been renovated throughout and several new features added.”
The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory does not list a theater at this address, which makes 1915 the most likely opening year for this house.
The Bay Station Theatre is listed at 1206 Lincoln in the 1916 Polk-Husted Oakland-Berkeley-Alameda city directory. The directory also lists a Lincoln Theatre, with the location given as Lincoln av west of Bay. As Lincoln is listed here as an aka for the Bay Station, I don’t know if that means that this theater was listed in the directory twice that year under two different names, or if they were two different theaters.
In the Google photo above, you can see the little facade of this theatre, with cornice at the top. The trapezoidal frame of the marquee can still be seen in use, reduced to being the support structure for an awning.
I don’t think it’s a church any longer. This is a yoga place:
Alameda Branch of Bikrams
1206 Lincoln Ave
Alameda, CA 94501
This is now a church.