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Colonial Theatre  
Address 1515 4th Avenue
Opening Night Seating Capacity 700
Original Theater Owner unknown
Original Theater Architect unknown
Years of Operation unknown (operating circa 1914 through at least 1931)
Type of Musical Accompaniment Kimball theater pipe organ (1914-1919)
Wurlitzer theater pipe organ (1919-1931)
Current Status Demolished

The Colonial Theatre installed a Kimball theater pipe organ in 1914 (presumably the year of opening). Organist Jesse Crawford played at the Colonial Theatre in 1914. A Wurlitzer theater pipe organ replaced the Kimball in 1919.

Showing 1-3 December 1929, Salute (1929); 4-7 December 1929, The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); 8 December 1929, Twin Beds (1929).

A Borders Books & Music retail store occupies the approximate former location of the Colonial on the west side of 4th Avenue, north of Pike Street.

References: FilmDaily-1926 p. 590 : Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, p. 8E; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2 December 1929, p. 13; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4 December 1929, p. 15; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7 December 1929, p. 7 : Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website.

 

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