Coliseum Theatre
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N 47° 36.662 W 122° 20.152
10T E 549912 N 5273283
The Coliseum Theater as seen circa 1920, and again as an Abercrombie and Fitch clothing store today.
Waymark Code: WM17J1
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2007
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The Coliseum Theatre opened in 1915 and was designed by prolific Northwest theatre architect B. Marcus Priteca. The theatre originally had a four-manual, thirty rank Moller concert organ (opus #1964) installed by C. J. Whittaker in 1915 at a cost of $12,500. According to Eugene Nye's detailed records, the organ had 2,149 pipes, a 10 HP Kinetic blower and the console had 57 stop.
A unique feature of this instrument was the placement of the glockenspiel bars individually along the edge of the main balcony. Another unique feature was the four rank Echo division complete with its own 1/2 horsepower blower. In early 1918, the Moller instrument was moved to Tacoma's Victory Theatre by Louis Maas.
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