San Francisco Theatres By Architect

John H. Ahnden

Presidio Theatre 2340 Chestnut St. (1940 - associate architect)


Harris Allen

Queen Theatre 1537 Polk St. (1910)


F. Frederic Amandes / Clausen and Amandes

Plaza/Vogue Theatre 3290 Sacramento St. (1927 remodel)

Parkside Theatre 933 Taraval St. (1928)

Wigwam/Rialto Theatre 2555 Mission St. (1935 renovations)


F. Frederic Amandes

Pompeii/Regal Theatre 1046 Market St. (1935-36 renovations)

Bridge Theatre 3010 Geary Blvd. (1939)

 

Eugene Angell

 

San Francisco Playhouse 450 Post St. (1982 renovations)

E. P. Antonovich

Chutes/Lyric/American Theatre, 1226 Fillmore St. (1909)

 

John Apel

Royal / Old Chinese Theatre 626 Jackson St. (1868)

Archer & Corwin

Alcazar/Uptown 2101 Sutter St. (1907)


William Beasley

Ferris Hartman Theatre/Ambassador Hotel 55 Mason St. (proposed - 1911)


Pietro Belluschi

Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave. (1980 - with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)


Bliss and Faville

Columbia/Geary Theatre 415 Geary St. (1910) 

 

Masonic Temple 25 Van Ness Ave. (1913)  

 

Community Playhouse / Marines' Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter St. (1926)

 

 

Samuel Charles (S.C.) Bugbee

 

Union Hall / Morosco's Theatre Howard St. between 3rd & 4th (1863)

Samuel Charles Bugbee and Charles Lewis Bugbee, S.C. Bugbee and Son

Academy of Music 330 Pine St. (1864)

 

California Theatre 414 Bush St. (1869)

Baldwin Theatre Powell at Market (1876)

Grand Opera House 712 Mission St. (1876)

 

Charles E. Bugbee

Also practicing in the 1870s, no known theatre projects.


Albert W. Burgren

Ferry Theatre 74 Embarcadero S. (1922)

Peerless Theatre 148 3rd St. (proposed remodel c.1924)


Alexander Aimwell Cantin and A. Mackenzie Cantin

Coronet Theatre 3575 Geary Blvd (1949)


Alexander Aimwell Cantin

Alcazar/ Uptown Theatre 2101 Sutter St. (1937 remodel)

Milano/Palace Theatre 1741 Powell St. (1937 remodel)

Parkside Theatre 933 Taraval St. (1938 remodel)

Midtown Theatre 560 Haight St. (1939 remodel) 

Grandview Theatre 756 Jackson St. (1940)

Metro Theatre 2055 Union St.  (1941 remodel)  

 

 

C. O. Clausen   

 

Divisadero and Grove 661 Divisadero St. (1913 - unbuilt)

Alfred I. Coffey

Poppy/Roxie Theatre 3117 16th St. (c.1913)

Cortland/Capri Theatre 802 Cortland Ave. (1915)


David C. Coleman

Fisher's Theatre 600 Clement St. (1907)    

 

 

George T. Colmesnil 

 

Fairyland Theatre 445 Divisadero St. (c.1911)

 
Pantages Theatre 937 Market St. (1911) 

- with James Rupert Miller and  B. Marcus Priteca

William H. Crim

Wigwam/Crown Theatre 2555 Mission St. (1913)

El Capitan Theatre, 2353 Mission St. (1928 -- with G. Albert Lansburgh)


Cunningham and Politeo

Alcazar Theatre 260 O'Farrell St. (1911)

Imperial/United Artists 1077 Market St. (1912)


William Curlett

Bouvier / Majestic Theatre 1281 Market St. (1902)

 

Maio Biograph / New Circle / Crest Theatre 980 Market St. (c.1909)

-- on the plans as William Curlett and Son

 

Edison Theatre 27 Powell St. (1909) 

-- no architect's name appears on the drawings

Colonial / Savoy / President Theatre 60 McAllister St. (1909 renovations)

Photo Theatre 941 Market St. (1910)
-- on the plans as William Curlett and Son


Otto A. Deichmann

Haight Theatre 1702 Haight St. (1936-37 remodel)
-- with Mark T. Jorgensen as Jorgensen & Deichmann


Edward A. Eames

Parkview/Sunset/Surf Theatre 4510 Irving St. (1926)


Arthur T. Ehrenpfort

Dreamland Rink, Steiner near Post (1906)  

 

 

ELS Architects

 

Kabuki Theatre 1881 Post St. (2007 Sundance renovations)

 

 

Fabre & Bearwald 

 

Capitol Theatre 3556 Sacramento St. (1913)

 

 

Fabre & Hildebrand 

Alcazar/Uptown 2101 Sutter St. (1930 remodel)


J.C. Flugger

Majestic Theatre 365 3rd St. (c.1910)


Emory M. Frazier

Palmer Theatre 4045 24th St. (c.1916)

Jewel/Strand Theatre 1127 Market St. (1917)

 

 

Gensler

 

Loew's / AMC Metreon 16 135 4th St.  (1999) - with David Rockwell Group

 

 

Henry George Greene

 

Northpoint Theatre 2290 Powell St. (1967)

 

 

Alonzo Grey 

 

Alhambra/Bush St. Theatre 325 Bush St. (1868) 

-- with Robert Stackhouse   

 

 

Ralph Warner Hart

 

Palace Theatre 644 Broadway (1912 - unbuilt)

 

 

Havens & Toepke

 

Polk & Pine, 1401 Polk St. (1910 - unbuilt)

August Headman -- see Righetti and Headman

 

W.D. Hind

Palace Theatre 2315 Market St. (1913)


John C. Hladik

Palace Theatre 1708 Union St. (1925 renovations) 


Frank S. Holland

Premium / Progress Theatre 1525 Fillmore St. (1910)


John Galen Howard

Empress/St. Francis Theatre 965 Market St. (1910)

Exposition / Civic Auditorium 99 Grove St. (1915) - with Frederick Meyer and John W. Reid, Jr. 

 

 

Caleb Hyatt 

 

Platt's Hall 216 Montgomery St. (1860)

Alfred Henry Jacobs

Avalon Ballroom / Regency II 1268 Sutter St. (1911)

Theatre St. Francis (maybe) 333 Geary St. (1916) 

-- evidently begun by Matthew O'Brien

California/State Theatre 787 Market St. (1917)

Portola Theatre 779 Market St. (1918 renovations)

Granada/Paramount Theatre 1066 Market St. (1921)

Curran Theatre 445 Geary St. (1922)

Strand/St. Francis Theatre 965 Market St. (1925 renovations)


Jensen Architects

Gayety/CounterPulse Theatre 80 Turk St. (2015-16 renovations)

 

Albin R. Johnson

Elks Lodge / San Francisco Playhouse 450 Post St. (1925) - with Frederick H. Meyer


Mark T. Jorgensen

State/Del Mar Theatre 5825 Mission St. (1925)

Irving Theatre 1332 Irving St. (1926)

Haight Theatre 1702 Haight St. (1936-37 remodel)
-- with Otto A. Deichmann as Jorgensen & Deichmann

Noe Theatre 3984 24th St. (1937)

Jorgensen also designed the Parkway in Oakland and the Rivoli in Berkeley.


Bernard J. Joseph

Sunset / Superba Theatre 1666 Haight St. (1911)

Orpheum Theatre 147 O'Farrell St. (1909 - with G. Albert Lansburgh)
 

Kaplan, McLaughlin, Diaz

UA Galaxy 1285 Sutter St. (1984)


William Knowles

Larkin Theatre 816 Larkin St. (1914)


Thomas Lamb

Fox Theatre 1350 Market St. (1929)


G. Albert Lansburgh

Orpheum Theatre 147 O'Farrell St. (1909 - with Bernard J. Joseph)

Excelsior / Granada Theatre 4631 Mission St. (1922)

Golden Gate Theatre 1 Taylor St. (1922)

Warfield Theatre 982 Market St. (1922)

Embassy Theatre 1125 Market St. (1927 renovations)

El Capitan Theatre, 2353 Mission St. (1928 -- with William H. Crim, Jr.)

War Memorial Opera House 301 Van Ness Ave. (1932)

Grand Theatre 2665 Mission St. (1940 - with S. Charles Lee)


S. Charles Lee

Coliseum Theatre 745 Clement St. (1931 remodel)

Grand Theatre 2665 Mission St. (1940 - with G. Albert Lansburgh)

Majestic/Tower Theatre 2465 Mission St. (1937 remodel, perhaps more)


Milton Lichtenstein

Edison Theatre 27 Powell St. (1914-15 renovations)


M. J. Lyon

Alhambra Theatre Eddy and Jones (1898)  

 

 

MacDonald & Applegarth

 

Haight Theatre 1702 Haight St. (1909) 

Mateo Matanovich

Panama Theatre 4621 Mission St. (1911)

Haight Theatre 1702 Haight St. (1916 renovations)


Bernard Maybeck

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre 3301 Lyon St. (1915++)


Benjamin G. McDougall

Casino/Downtown Theatre 198 Ellis St. (1917)


William D. McCann

Portola Theatre 779 Market St. (1909)


K. McDonald

Ferris Hartman Theatre/Ambassador Hotel 55 Mason St.
   -- started 1911 by Earl B. Scott, completed, without the theatre, in 1922 by McDonald


Frederick H. Meyer

Deutches Haus-Gesellschaft / California Hall  625 Polk St. (1912)

Exposition Hall / Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 99 Grove St. (1915) - with John Galen Howard and John W. Reid, Jr.

Elks Lodge / San Francisco Playhouse 450 Post St. (1925) - with Albin R. Johnson

Excelsior / Granada Theatre 4631 Mission St. (1931 remodel)  

 

 

Henry H. Meyers  

 

Premium / Idle Hour Theatre 2550 Mission St. (1910)

James Rupert Miller & George T. de Colmesnil  

Pantages Theatre 937 Market St. (1911) - with B. Marcus Priteca


James Rupert Miller

Chutes/Lyric/American 1226 Fillmore St. (1915 - remodel)


R.W. Moller

Irving/Sunset Theatre 830 Irving St. (1913)


William Mooser

Acme/Times Theatre 1249 Stockton St. (1909)

 

Julia Morgan

 

Potrero Hill Neighborhood House 953 De Haro St. (1922)

-- home to the Julian Theatre from 1968 to 1986

 
Irving Morrow, Morrow & Garren

Portal/Empire Theatre 85 W. Portal Ave. (1925)


MKThink

Marina Theatre 2141 Chestnut St. (2008 rebuild)


O'Brien Brothers, Arthur and Matthew

Marina Theatre 2141 Chestnut St (1928)
 -- with Wilber D. Peugh 

 

Matthew O'Brien

 

Theatre St. Francis 333 Geary St. (1916)

-- may have been finished by Alfred Henry Jacobs. 

O'Brien and Werner - Mathew O'Brien and Carl Werner

Mission / Grand / Real Art Theatre 2605 Mission St. (1905)

Unnamed Theatre for C. H. Brown on Montgomery Ave. near Stockton (1906, unbuilt) 

Orpheum / Garrick Theatre 1631 Ellis St. (1907)

Princess Theatre 1671 Ellis St. (1907)

Victoria Theatre 2961 16th St. (1907) 

Valencia Theatre 251 Valencia St. (1908)

American Music Hall Ellis near Market (1909, unbuilt)

Scottish Rite Temple/Regency I 1320 Van Ness Ave. (1911)

Majestic/Tower Theatre 2465 Mission St. (1912)

Tivoli Theatre 70 Eddy St. (1913)

Gaiety/Union Square 160 O'Farrell St. (1914)

On PCAD: O'Brien and Werner

 

Oser Brothers

 

Hayes Theatre, 381 Hayes St (1911) 

 

William Patton

Alcazar Theatre 116 O'Farrell St. (1885)

Wilbur D. Peugh 

Marina Theatre 2141 Chestnut St (1928)
 -- with O'Brien Brothers

Presidio Theatre 2340 Chestnut St. (1937)
 -- John H. Ahnden was associate architect

On PCAD: Wilbur D. Peugh


Timothy Pflueger, Miller & Pflueger

Castro Theatre 429 Castro St. (1922)

Alhambra Theatre 2330 Polk St. (1926)

Royal Theatre 1529 Polk St. (1928 remodel)

El Rey Theatre 1970 Ocean Ave. (1931) 

New Fillmore Theatre 1329 Fillmore St. (1935 remodel) 

New Mission Theatre 2550 Mission St. (1936 remodel)  

 

Albert Pissis 

 

Panorama  SW corner of Mason & Eddy (1884)

-- later remodeled into the Olympia Music Hall and the Tivoli Opera House

Willis Polk

Lyceum Theatre (1901 - unbuilt)  


B. Marcus Priteca

Pantages Theatre 937 Market St. (1911) - with James Rupert Miller & George T. de Colmesnil

Pantages/Orpheum Theatre 1192 Market St. (1926)


George K. Raad

UA Stonestown 501 Buckingham Way (1970)


Vincent G. Raney 

Esquire Theatre 934 Market St. (1940 renovations)

Pix Theatre 938 Market St. (1946)

Clay Theatre 2261 Fillmore St. (1946 renovations)  

 

Royal Theatre 1529 Polk St. (1948 entrance renovations)

Marina Theatre 2141 Chestnut St. (1952 renovations)


Reid Brothers

Colonial / President Theatre 50 McAllister St. (1906, 1916 renovations)

American / Embassy Theatre 1125 Market St. (1907)

Garfield Building 938 Market St. (1907) - housed the Pix Theatre (1946)

New Mission Theatre 2550 Mission St. (1916)

Royal Theatre 1529 Polk St. (1916)

New Fillmore Theatre 1329 Fillmore St. (1917)

Coliseum Theatre 745 Clement St. (1918)

New Lyceum/Lyceum 3350 Mission St. (1920)

Chutes/Lyric/American 1226 Fillmore St. (1920 - remodel)

Loew's Union Square Powell St. at Post St. (1921 - unbuilt)

Balboa/Westwood Theatre 1634 Ocean Ave. (1922)

Alexandria Theatre 5400 Geary Blvd. (1923)

Metropolitan/Metro Theatre 2055 Union St. (1924)

Rialto Theatre  5177 Mission St. (1925)

Balboa Theatre  3630 Balboa St. (1926)

Harding Theatre 616 Divisadero St. (1926)

Roosevelt / York / Brava Theatre 2781 24th St. (1926)

Avenue Theatre  2650 San Bruno Ave. (1927)

Parkside neighborhood Taraval St. at 29th Ave. (1927 - unbuilt) 

Amazon Theatre 965 Geneva Ave. (1928)


John W. Reid Jr.

Exposition / Civic Auditorium 99 Grove St. (1915) - with John Galen Howard and Frederick Meyer 

 

Righetti and Headman

 

Stage Door Theatre 420 Mason St. (1912)

 

 

Martin Rist

Maio Biograph / New Circle / Crest Theatre 980 Market St. (1932 renovations)

 

David Rockwell Group

Loew's / AMC Metreon 16 135 4th St.  (1999) - with Gensler

 

 

Albert Roller

 

Masonic Auditorium 1111 California St. (1958)

Thomas Patterson Ross

Islam Temple / Alcazar Theatre 650 Geary St. (1917)


Rousseau Brothers: Arthur Frank and Oliver Marion Rosseau

These brothers were sons of Charles Marion Rosseau. The firm had been founded by him in 1890 as a solo practice. His oldest son Charles J. Rosseau joined the firm in 1898, later followed by the younger brothers Arthur and Oliver. The firm became Rosseau and Son in 1900 and later Rosseau and Rosseau. 

  

Verdi Theatre 644 Broadway (1913)

Regent/Clay Theatre 2261 Fillmore St. (1913)  

Aztec Theatre 1181 Market St. (1925) 

 

Egyptian/Guild Theatre 1069 Market St. (1925)

Pompeii/Regal Theatre 1046 Market St. (1925)

-- a retail conversion - the building dated from 1907

Gale Santocono 

Clay Theatre 2261 Fillmore St. (1958 renovations)

Music Hall Theatre, 931 Larkin St. (1962)

Peter Richard Schmidt

Powell St./Stockwell's/Columbia Theatre  11 Powell St. (1890)

Earl B. Scott

Ferris Hartman Theatre/Ambassador Hotel 55 Mason St.
   -- started 1911, completed, without the theatre, in 1922 by K. McDonald


N.W. Sexton

Queen Theatre 1537 Polk St. (1915 renovations) 

 

Shea & Shea

New Columbia Theatre Van Ness at Geary (1906 - unbuilt)


Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave. (1980 - with Pietro Belluschi)

 

Robert Stackhouse

 

Alhambra/Bush St. Theatre 325 Bush St. (1868) 

-- with Alonzo Gray

 

 

Charles W. Strothoff

 

Bayview Theatre 4935 3rd St.   

 

 

Toepke see Havens & Toepke

Van Bourg / Nakamura

Kabuki Theatre 1881 Post St. (1969)

-- with Minoru Yamasaki

Walker & Eisen / Clifford Balch

Imperial/United Artists 1077 Market St. (1931 remodel)


Carl Warnecke

Civic Auditorium 99 Grove St. (a 1911 unbuilt design)
 -- see drawings and comments at the bottom of the page


W. H. Weeks

Richmond district theatre  Clement St. between 7th & 8th (1917 - unbuilt)

AMC 1000 Van Ness 1000 Van Ness Blvd. 
-- lobby of the multiplex was originally a Cadillac showroom dating from 1921

 

William Peter Weeks

American/Rialto/Embassy Theatre 1125 Market St. (1915 renovations)

-- Mr. Weeks was later part of the firm Weeks & Day

Welsh & Carey

Searchlight/Del Mar Theatre 1596 Church St. (1916)


James Madison (J.M) Wood

California Theatre 414 Bush St. (1888)

 

Powell St./Stockwell's/Columbia Theatre  11 Powell St. (1891 renovations)

 

 

Minoru Yamasaki

 

Kabuki Theatre 1881 Post St. (1969)

-- with Van Bourg / Nakamura 

 

Edward E. Young

Electric Theatre 227 Church St. (1915 renovations}

Italo Zanolini

Club Fugazi  678 Green St. (1913)


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