Baywood Theater
359 S. B Street,
San Mateo,
CA
94401
359 S. B Street,
San Mateo,
CA
94401
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Fox West Coast Theaters Corp.
Architects: Simeon Charles Lee
Firms: Anthony B. Heinsbergen and Company
Functions: Retail
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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Opened August 20, 1931, the Baywood Theatre was built for W.S. Leadley and was later operated by Fox-West Coast Theatres under the Northern California Peninsula District.
Anthony B. Heinsbergen was responsible for the interior decoration of the theatre.
Today, most of the details on the facade have been removed or rendered over and the interior has been partially gutted.
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Recent comments (view all 19 comments)
Is the address listed above correct? I thought this theatre was downtown, not on El Camino.
Your right Scott It wasnt on El Camino it was on B street at 5th and 6 th ave.
Would this be the theater building? On B Street between 3rd and 4th.
http://tinyurl.com/232glbp
That’s the one.
ken mc
Yes, this is the old Baywood Theatre. Located on B St. between 3rd and 4th St. See my earlier post above in regard to location.
As noted above, the Baywood Theatre was on B Street, not El Camino Real.
August 20, 1931 grand opening ad in photo section
Uploaded photo of the Baywood.
The Baywood had a wonderful exterior. Art Deco meets Art Moderne and the marquee great too. Bad taste to tear it down and gut it. History means nothing to this world.
Boxoffice, May 16, 1953: “San Mateo’s largest theatre, the Baywood, which has been showing first run films since it was constructed in 1933 (sic), has been closed permanently. The structure will be torn down to be replaced by offices for a nationally known drug firm, according to Vernon Brown, local manager for Fox West Coast Theatres. This leaves San Mateo, a city of some 50,000 population, with only three theatres.”