Egyptian Theatre - 2/16 Robert-Morton
Seattle, Washington
4543 University Way N.E.
Organ installation timeframe: 1925 - 1960
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Eqyptian Theatre, c.1925
The Egyptian Theatre opened on Christmas Day, 1925. It was built by T.F. Murphy at a cost of $250,000 and had 1,300 seats. A 2/16 Robert Morton organ was installed.
In 1960, the theatre building was sold to Northwest Investment Co. owned by M.L. Bean and his son, M. Lamont Bean. The 17,500 square foot structure was then leased to the Pay'N Save drugstore chain.
Egyptian ad, 1941
Parts of the organ went to St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bremerton, Washington. Other parts went to the
Redondo Beach Roller Rink and were lost
in a fire.
University Way, looking South, c.1940. Glimpse of the Egyptian Theatre on right
c.1946
Seattle's current Egyptian Theatre (at 801 East Pine in the Capitol Hill neighborhood) is a former a Masonic Hall built in 1915 and is unrelated to the University District Egyptian. In fact, the Egyptian decorations weren't even added until the 1980's.
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