B. Marcus Priteca

Benjamin Marcus Priteca
Born	December 23, 1889 Glasgow, Scotland.
Died	October 1, 1971 Seattle, Washington
Nationality	Scottish
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh in 1907
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Robert MacFarlane Cameron,
Buildings	Pantages
Projects	theatre architect

Benjamin Marcus Priteca (December 23, 1889 – October 1, 1971) was born in Glasgow, Scotland of Jewish heritage. A theater architect, he is best known for his work for Alexander Pantages.

Priteca graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1907 and later attended the Royal College of Art. He served a brief apprenticeship under architect Robert MacFarlane Cameron, in Edinburgh, before emigrating to the United States, where he settled in Seattle, Washington, in 1909.

Priteca met Seattle vaudeville theatre owner Alexander Pantages in 1910 and won from him a commission to design the San Francisco Pantages Theater (1911), the first of many so-named vaudeville and motion picture houses in what would become one of the largest theater chains in North America.

In all, Priteca designed 22 theaters for Pantages and another 128 for other theater owners. Notable theaters include the Coliseum (1915) in Seattle; the Pantages (1918) in Tacoma, Washington; the Pantages (1920) in Los Angeles (downtown); the Pantages in San Diego (1924); the Pantages (1928) in Fresno, California; the Paramount (1929) in Seattle; the Pantages (1929) in Hollywood (the last and largest of the Pantages theaters); the Warner on Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park (1930); and the Admiral (1938) in West Seattle, and the Orpheum in Vancouver, Canada.

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