University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections1746 (Accession No. 1746-001)Priteca, B. Marcus (Bernard Marcus)B. Marcus Priteca papers1914-19281.04 cubic feet (3
boxes)Collection materials are in
English.
Seattle Architect's work as architect for Pantages Circuit of Vaudeville
TheatresBenjamin Marcus Priteca (1889-1971), an architect of Jewish-Scottish
descent, moved to Seattle during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909.
In 1911, Priteca designed the San Francisco Pantages, the first of a series of
theaters he built for Alexander Pantages, vaudeville tycoon, owner of 20
theaters and leaser of 28 others. In 1913, he built the Seattle Pantages, later
called the Palomar, which was demolished in 1963. Altogether, Priteca designed
220 Theaters, spanning the United States and Canada, through not solely for
Pantages.
Correspondence, specifications, contracts, bids, maps, photographs.
Primarily concerns Priteca's work as architect for Pantages Circuit of
Vaudeville Theatres.
No restrictions on access.
Request at UW
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of
Washington Libraries.
Donated by B. Marcus Pritchett, 9/28/1971.
Three photographs from this accession have been transferred to Visual
Materials collections: (1) Bikur Cholim Synagogue; (2) a construction shack;
(3) the Coliseum Theater, with Priteca on the right, Seattle 1914.
Special Collections also maintains an "Architects' File" on Priteca.
It contains interviews with priteca, newspaper articles about his career, and
drawings (reproductions) of his theater designs.
Processed in 1993. Although there is a folder of Pantages
correspondence, additional letters of Priteca are scattered throughout the
project files. Material not attributable to a specific project have been placed
under the subgroup "Personal Papers."
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Priteca, B. Marcus (Bernard Marcus)--ArchivesPantages Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)Pantages Circuit of Vaudeville TheatresWashington (State)--ArchitectureNorthwest, Pacific--ArchitectureSeattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etcWashington (State)--Business, industries, and trades--ArchitectsSeattle (Wash.)--Business, industries, and trades--ArchitectsArchitecture--Washington (State)Architecture--Northwest, PacificTheater architectureTheaters--Washington (State)Pantages, AlexanderGilbert, John EMapsPhotographsArchitecture
Series 1Pantages Circuit of Vaudeville Theaters1/1General Correspondence - Pantages, Alexander1919-19221/2Incoming Letters1919-19251/3Outgoing Letters1919-19251/4Interoffice Correspondence19251/5Project File - Des Moines1920-19211/6-7Project File - Kansas City General
Correspondence1919-19221/8Project File - Los Angeles General
Correspondence1919-19281/9Project File - Los Angeles Contracts1/10Project File - Los Angeles Architects
Certificates1/11Project File - Memphis General
Correspondence1919-19251/12Project File - Memphis Superintendence Controversy
1/13Project File - Memphis Bids 1/14Project File - Memphis Drawings 1/15Project File - Memphis Miscellaneous 1/16Project File - Minneapolis General Correspondence
1917-1922 1/17Project File - Minneapolis Contracts/Lease 1/18Project File - Minneapolis Bills/Bid 1/19Project File - Minneapolis Specifications 1/20Project File - Minneapolis Maps 2/1Project File - New Orleans Outgoing Letters 1920-1921 2/2Project File - New Orleans Incoming Letters 1920-1922 2/3Project File - New Orleans Incoming Letters - bids
1920-1921 2/4Project File - New Orleans Specifications 2/5Project File - New Orleans Maps 2/6Project File - New Orleans Photographs 2/7Project File - New Orleans Ephemera 2/8Project File - New York 19212/9Project File - Portland 1926-19282/10Project File - Salt Lake General Correspondence -
Contractor 2/11Project File - Salt Lake General Correspondence
2/12Project File - Salt Lake Telegrams of J.E. Gilbert
1919-1920 2/13Project File - San Francisco 1920-1925 2/14Project File - Seattle General Correspondence
1913-1925 2/15Project File - Seattle Bids 2/16Project File - Seattle Estimates 3/1Project File - Seattle Contracts 3/2Project File - Seattle Bills 3/3Project File - Seattle Log 1914-1915 3/4Project File - Seattle Miscellaneous 3/5Project File - Spokane 3/6Map3/7AgreementSeries 2Personal Papers3/8General Correspondence1920-19253/9Investments and Insurance3/10Orpheum Theatre3/11Various Projects3/12Bills3/13Photographs3/14Miscellaneous