Other Building Names

Theatre Royal (1903)

People's Theatre (1904-06)

Orpheum Theatre (1906-12)

Old Orpheum Theatre (1913-14)

Street Address

805 Pender Street West

Dates From

1899

Material Type

building

Source

Province: Aug 31, 1898, p. 5, Two new theatres.

Province: Sep 6, 1898, p. 7, The Alhambra Theatre, illus.

Province: Jan 30, 1906, p. 7, Passing of the People's Theatre.

Province: Aug 27, 1955, Magazine Section, p. 7, A real good show town, illus.

Sun: May 16, 1953, p. 18, When the pearl of Peking opened Alhambra Theatre.

City Directory.

Sun: Sep 23, 1989, p.E2. Great buildings Vancouver lost, by Elizabeth Godley.

Places Remembered, by Thirkell and Scullion, 971.133 V22T4pL, p. 128-129, ill.

Vancouver Sun: Apr 6, 2001, p. A12-A13, It's curtains for these theatres, by Imbi Harding, illus.

Notes

Legal description: D.L. 541, Blk. 31.

Playhouse, 1899-1906.

Vaudeville theatre, 1906-14.

Developer: Alhambra Theatre Co.

Height of building: 2 storeys.

Renovated in 1906.

Demolition date: 1914.

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