Bell Theatre - 2/ Kimball
Bellingham, Washington
Holly Street
 
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Holly Street entrance, c.1919
 

c.1916.
 

Holly Street, early 1950's. Photo courtesy Jeff Fox, 2005
 
Records indicate that the Imperial Cafe occupied the Bell Theatre building in 1951. In 1932, McCracken's Cafe operated there.
 
The Bell Theatre had a two-manual tubular-pneumatic Kimball which debuted on Saturday November 8, 1913. The organ was purchased through Eilers Music House which was one block East on Holly St. An early organist at the Bell was Prof. Darwin Wood. Current status of the organ is unknown.
 
As of 2005, the Bell Theatre building still exists. It houses part of the Horseshoe Cafe.
 

Bell Theatre building, 2005. Photo, Jeff Fox.
 
News clipping from the Bellingham Hearld, November 7, 1913. Coutesy, Jeff Fox 2004.