San Gabriel Mission Playhouse [San Gabriel]
type: Item
label: San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
description: theatre in San Gabriel
description: theater in San Gabriel @nl
Wikidata source: Q21016156
EUTA research ID II: 1627
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776
Web: missionplayhouse.org
Wikipedia page: San_Gabriel_Mission_Playhouse
Country: USA
City: San Gabriel
GPS: Point(-118.1083 34.0984)
opening date: 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 7339
Note: Built 1927 by Arthur Burnett Benton and William J. Dodd as Mission Play Theatre for John Steven McGroaty to house his historical drama Mission Play (played there until 1932). From 1932 used as a cinema. 1945 purchased by the city of San Gabriel. Re-opened as a performing arts center named San Gabriel Civic Auditorium. 1971 installation of the Wurlitzer theatre organ from the E. F. Albee Theatre in Brooklyn, New York City. Severely damaged by an earthquake in 1987. Repaired and reopened 12 Feb 1988. 2008 renamed San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.