Roza Theatre

The Roza Theatre opened on January 25, 1947 with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical “State Fair.” According to comments on a Zillah history page at Facebook, the theater building was next door to the Granger building on 1st Avenue, and was still standing as recently as 2016, but has since been demolished. The address of the theater was probably 507 1st Avenue. This Facebook page has a photo clipped from a 1951 issue of the Yakima Valley Mirror showing the 500 Block of 1st Avenue with the modest, concrete block Roza Theatre building at left.