Central City in Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Orpheum Theatre

1929

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 16, 2014

1. Orpheum Theatre Marker

Inscription. Has been placed on the Phoenix Property Register and the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected by Phoenix Historic Preservation Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.

Location. 33° 26.953′ N, 112° 4.608′ W. Marker is in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County. It is in Central City. It is on West Adams Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 203 West Adams Street, Phoenix AZ 85003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

and in the Tohono O’odham Nation.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Gadsden Purchase,

and Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: J. W. Walker/Central Arizona Light & Power Building (about 400 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Maricopa County Courthouse (about 500 feet away); Hotel San Carlos (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chambers Transfer & Storage Company Building (approx. 0.3 miles away); Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Santa Fe Freight Depot (approx. 0.4 miles away); Saint Mary's Basilica (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pope John Paul II (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenix.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 16, 2014

2. Orpheum Theatre Marker

Marker is just to the right of the door.

Orpheum Theatre image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 16, 2014

3. Orpheum Theatre

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 16, 2014

4. Orpheum Theatre

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 20, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 823 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 20, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.