The Harvard Exit Theatre was a cinema located in Seattle, Washington. It was housed in a building built in 1925 by the Woman's Century Club, [1] [2] which still meets there at midday on the third Friday of the month. [3] The building was sold in 1968 on the condition that the lobby not be altered, which it has not been to this day. [3] In that same year it was converted into a cinema by Jim Osteen and Art Bernstein, [4] [5] and reports began to surface that the building was haunted by a woman in 1920s garb. [1] [2] [6] However, reports ceased in 1987. [2] The theatre was owned by O'Steen & Harvard Investments [7] and operated by Landmark Theaters [8] until 2015, when developer Scott Shapiro purchased the building for conversion to an office and restaurant space. [9] The Consulate of Mexico planned to move into leased space in the building, [10] and the consulate opened circa July 2018. [11] [12]
The Harvard Exit Theatre was a cinema located in Seattle, Washington. It was housed in a building built in 1925 by the Woman's Century Club, [1] [2] which still meets there at midday on the third Friday of the month. [3] The building was sold in 1968 on the condition that the lobby not be altered, which it has not been to this day. [3] In that same year it was converted into a cinema by Jim Osteen and Art Bernstein, [4] [5] and reports began to surface that the building was haunted by a woman in 1920s garb. [1] [2] [6] However, reports ceased in 1987. [2] The theatre was owned by O'Steen & Harvard Investments [7] and operated by Landmark Theaters [8] until 2015, when developer Scott Shapiro purchased the building for conversion to an office and restaurant space. [9] The Consulate of Mexico planned to move into leased space in the building, [10] and the consulate opened circa July 2018. [11] [12]