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Bagdad Theatre
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View looking northwest across Market Street,
theatre entrance at left end of building.
Photograph: courtesy Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society
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Address
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2218 NW Market Street
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Opening Night Seating Capacity
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800
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Original Theatre Owner
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unknown
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Original Theatre Architect
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William R. Grant
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Years of Operation
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Opened 28 May 1927
Operating in 1927
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Type of Musical Accompaniment
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Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ
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Current Status
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Building exists; theater space likely removed
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The Bagdad Theatre was part of a multipurpose building in Ballard (later annexed into the City of Seattle and is now known as the Ballard neighborhood). The building was built and originally owned by the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the building is sometimes referred to by older citizens as the Eagles Building. The Bagdad Theatre featured the Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ, installed in 1927 (which may be the year the theatre was constructed).
The theatre may have been renamed the Ballard Theatre. The building still exists today, but the status of the theatre space is unknown but has likely been redeveloped for retail and office space.
References: Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website : with additional information provided by Sonja Sokol Furesz.
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