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Opened
  
10 September 1925

Phone
  
+1 503-236-5257

Moreland Theater

Architect
  
Day Walter Hilborn or Thomas and Thomas

Address
  
6712 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202, USA

Similar
  
Avalon Theatre, St Johns Twin Cinema, Bagdad Theatre, Laurelhurst Theater, Clackamas Town Center

Moreland Theater is a single-screen movie theater, located in the Sellwood neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The theater was designed by Day Walter Hilborn or Thomas and Thomas (Oregon Public Broadcasting states the former, who designed other theaters in the region such as the Eltrym in Baker City, Oregon and Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver, Washington; local archivists Gary Lacher and Steve Stone state the latter). It opened on September 10, 1925 and initially hosted vaudeville acts and screened silent films. Moreland continues to screen first-run films.

Moreland remains one of Portland's few historic single-screen theaters. It has been included in walking tours of the Sellwood neighborhood.

The theater acquired its name from the geographic area once known as Moreland, later the northern part of Sellwood – Moreland, more recently Sellwood. Moreland was named for a local real estate developer, Judge J.C. Moreland.

References

Moreland Theater Wikipedia