De Anza Theatre

The De Anza Theatre is an office building[1][2] and former theatre with approximately 800 seats[3] located at 4225 Market Street in Riverside, California in the United States. The De Anza was designed circa 1937[3] by Fox West Coast theater architect S. Charles Lee[4][5] and constructed circa 1938[2] by local Riverside builder T.C. Prichard.[6] Southern California-based Lee had "one of the most celebrated and prolific careers" in the history of theatre design;[7] the De Anza is the only Lee building in Riverside.[2] Architectural photographer Julius Shulman shot the Streamline Moderne-style building at the time of opening;[5] Shulman "did not merely document significant architecture, but interpreted it, becoming one of the most important and influential architectural photographers in history."[8]

The De Anza is one of two surviving historic theater buildings in Riverside (the other being the former Fox Riverside).[2] In 2013 the De Anza Theatre building was deemed eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources as an architecturally significant local landmark. However, the building's state of preservation was deemed inadequate (it lacked "sufficient integrity") for it to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[9]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Chiang, Christina; Grimes, Teresa (2009-11-03). Riverside Modern Resources Survey for the City of Riverside (Certified Local Government Grant) (PDF). riversideca.gov (Report). Historic Resources Group. pp. 13, 26, 69, 112–113. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. ^ a b Maggie Valentine (1994). The Show Starts on the Sidewalk: An Architectural History of the Movie Theatre, Starring S. Charles Lee. Yale University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-300-06647-0. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1940) - Lantern". lantern.mediahist.org. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Paul, Arthur G. The Riverside Community Book. 1954: Arthur H. Cawston. pp. 423–424. Retrieved 2023-01-22 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. ^ "Architects: S. Charles Lee (1899-1990)". Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  8. ^ "Artist Julius Shulman (1910–2009) American". International Center of Photography. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  9. ^ Christine Lazzaretto (March 20, 2013). State of California Department of Parks and Recreation: Building, Structure, and Object Record: De Anza Theater. pp. 76–79. This is a four-page report within a 114-page PDF collection of contracting documents relating to a proposed survey of historic resources in Palm Springs. The report is included as an example of past work done by Christine Lazzaretto, who in 2014 was a principal of Historic Resources Group. Note the report itself may have been published in September 2013 as part of a Historic Resources Group-authored "Citywide Modernism Intensive Survey" completed for the City of Riverside.