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Majestic Theatre

 6740 Greenleaf Ave. Whittier, CA 90601  | map |

Opened: June 23, 1911. It was an open-air venue operated by Whittier Amusement Co. The address of the site before renumbering was 118 N. Greenleaf Ave. The lot is on the east side of the street between Philadelphia St. and Bailey St. 

Other Whittier theatres operating at this time were the Optic and the Family, both in the next block south. The Majestic is not in the 1911 Whittier city directory nor in the 1910, 1911 or 1912 phone books.

Seating: 500 was the announced number originally but they noted that they had room to add more. 
 

The Majestic was indicated as "Open Air Theatre" in the 1912 Whittier Sanborn Fire Insurance Map that's in the Library of Congress collection. This detail is from Page 16 of the map.

 

A closer look at the Majestic's location.

 
 
An article about the opening that appeared Wednesday, June 21, 1911. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this for a 2025 thread about the Majestic and Optic theatres for the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group.  
 

A July 1911 ad. Ken McIntyre located this and and several of the items below for a 2023  post on the Ken's Movie Page Facebook group.
 

An August 1911 ad. 

 

Part of a review of the August 1911 show at the Majestic that featured Ruth Chandler, mentioned in the ad above.
 

Another August 1911 ad. 

 

A September 1911 ad located by Ken McIntyre.  

 

The Majestic got a mention in this October 1911 Whittier News article about other construction projects on the 100 block of N. Greenleaf. Thanks to ken McIntyre for locating it.

Closing: The date is unknown.

More Information: See Nicholas Edmeier's 2023 article "History of Whittier Movie Theaters" on the Whittier Museum blog. Historic Map Works has a 1907 Sanborn Map of Whittier.

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