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August 25, 2015

Volunteers expose original facade of Corvallis theater

  • Experts think operators of Whiteside Theatre in the 1960s built a “temporary” stucco wall in front of the building to accommodate larger movie posters.
    • By NATHAN BRUTTELL
    Corvallis Gazette-Times

    CORVALLIS, Ore. — A few blows from a hammer, a yank on a crowbar and a few pounds of elbow grease, and the concrete facade on the front of the Whiteside Theatre came down earlier this month. And for the first time in more than 50 years, the original exterior of the historic 1922 show palace was bathed in sunlight.

    Whiteside Theatre Foundation members spearheading the restoration project recently found a black-and-white photo of the theater in a January 1923 edition of the Gazette-Times. But, with more than 92 years of facing the elements and the ravages of time, members waited with bated breath in hopes of seeing the wall in person for the first time. When the concrete and stucco wall finally came down, several oohs and ahhs gave way to wide grins on the faces of the dozens of volunteers as they saw the original pale green wall, complete with poster cases.


     
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