{"nrhp_refnum":"02000372","name":"State Theatre","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"333 Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Red Bluff","county":"Tehama County","state":"CA","lat":40.17639540000005,"lon":-122.23532993599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, rectangular Streamline Moderne movie theatre with an attached barbershop at 333 Oak Street in downtown Red Bluff, Tehama County, California, built in 1945-46 of reinforced concrete to replace a theatre destroyed by fire.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the theatre was important to Red Bluff's entertainment and social life from 1946 to 1955. It was the county's only movie theatre and, with its shallow stage, also the main venue for civic events such as graduations and the annual Bull Sale parties. It retains good exterior and interior integrity, including original murals, seats and neon lighting.","narrative":"Built in 1945-46 on Oak Street in downtown Red Bluff, the State Theatre is a Streamline Moderne movie house of cast-in-place reinforced concrete, with a small barbershop built into its front. It replaced an earlier theatre lost to fire. Wartime shortages delayed the marquee and pylon sign until 1947, and the facade was never fully finished. Inside, a semicircular lobby with extensive original neon leads to a pie-shaped auditorium that once seated over nine hundred in balcony, loge and front sections. Original murals of winged stallions and nymphs, streamlined half walls and original seats survive. Later partition walls added in 1980 and 1992 have been removed. The theatre is significant for its role in local entertainment and social life from 1946 to 1955. It was the county's only movie theatre and, because of its shallow stage, also served as a public venue for graduations, visiting performers and the annual Bull Sale parties.","period_of_significance":"1946-1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Moderne (Streamline Moderne)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a theatre; the auditorium was recently returned to its original single-screen layout after earlier partitioning into two and then three theatres.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.676469-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/02000372.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000372/27304d15e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000372/27304d15e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_Theater_1946_-_Red_Bluff,_CA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_Theater_1946_-_Red_Bluff,_CA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862194","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Theatre_(Red_Bluff,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7603577"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tehama-county/state-theatre-02000372/"}