History of the North Mission SF Neighborhood

I have lived in the North Mission neighborhood of San Francisco for the past ten years and worked here for over 20 years. As a tribute to this diverse immigrant and working class neighborhood, I am creating this blog to celebrate its rich history.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Victoria Theatre


The Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street @ Capp) was built in 1908 and is one of San Francisco's local landmarks (S.F. Landmark No. 215 in 1996). Previously known as Brown's Opera House, it was a vaudeville house in the early 20th century and later became a burlesque theatre. In the late '70's it was taken over by Robert and Anita Correa who established the Theater Guild of San Francisco under which they presented some famous plays at the Victoria. Now the theatre is mainly rented out to a variety of independent groups for short runs.

Ref.: San Francisco Stages by Dean Goodman

See Victoria Theatre website for more information.

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