PSTOS - St. Helens (Fox) Theatre, Chehalis Washington

St. Helens (Fox) Theatre - 2/6 Kimball
Chehalis, Washington
Organ installation timeframe: 1924 - 1952

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The St. Helens Theatre opened in 1924. The theatre had 850 seats and a 2/6 Kimball organ (opus 6748) was installed.

Chehalis street scene, St. Helens Theatre on right, c.1941

c.1941

St. Helens Theatre, c.1941

In 1952, the organ was sold for $1,000 to Glenn White of Seattle who installed it in his parents' Queen Anne hill home.

In 1962, Mr. White sold the instrument to Canadian organist Reginald Stone who comissioned him to install it in Victoria's Fox Theater.

After the Fox, Frank Mankin, of Burnaby B.C. installed the organ in his home studio in 1966. Mrs. Carol Otto purchased it from him in 1981. In April 1999, the organ was sold to a keyboard museum in Calgary, Alberta c/o Mr. Stuart Kennedy.

c.1948

Chehalis street scene, St. Helens Theatre on right, date unknown

St. Helens Theatre, c.1938

c.1946

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Article from local Chehalis newspaper May 9, 1924