The Eagles Auditorium Building is a seven-story historic theatre and apartment building in Seattle, Washington. Located at 1416 Seventh Avenue, at the corner of Seventh and Union Street, the Eagles Auditorium building has been the home to ACT Theatre since 1996. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on July 14, 1983. It has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments. From the outset, the building was also in part an apartment building, originally under the name Senator Apartments: the four-story grand ballroom was surrounded on three sides by apartments. with many of the apartment buildings located near streetcar lines. The current configuration of the building, under the official name Kreielsheimer Place, has two stages, a cabaret, and 44 residential apartments.
The elaborately terracotta-covered building (designed by the Henry Bittman firm) has been known at times in the past as the Eagles Temple and as the Senator Hotel. The building was Aerie No. 1 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (which was founded in Seattle). It was one of several places where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke November 10, 1961, on his only visit to Seattle. The building also served as the home of the Unity Church of Truth from the mid-1950s until 1960, and was a major rock concert venue from the mid-1960s until 1970. Among other groups, the Grateful Dead performed here eight times in 1967 and 1968.
The Concerts
1967
June 9 & 11, 1967 Country Joe & The Fish, PH Phactor (9th), Blues Interchange (11th), Magic Fern (11th)
July 14, 1967 Magic Fern, Family Tree
July 16, 1967 Grateful Dead, Magic Fern, Daily Flash
July 23-24, 1967 Doors, PH Phactor, Crome Syrcus
July 30, 1967 Yardbirds, Magic Fern, Family Tree (2 shows)
August 2, 1967 Moby Grape, Crome Syrcus
August 20, 1967 Magic Fern, Time Machine, Crome Syrcus, Clockwork Orange, Good Karma Lawn Service, Willowdale Handcar Jug Band, United Flight Service, Chimes of Freedom
September 8-9, 1967 Grateful Dead, Magic Fern, Fat Jack
September 15-17, 1967 Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Magic Fern, International Brick, Time Machine, Clockwork Orange
September 22, 1967 John Handy, Youngbloods, Magic Fern
September 23, 1967 Youngbloods
October 6, 1967 Daily Flash, Fat Jack
October 7-8, 1967 Charles Lloyd, Daily Flash
October 13-14, 1967 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Magic Fern (13th), Crome Syrcus (14th)
October 20, 1967 Lightning Hopkins, Crome Syrcus, Magic Fern
October 21, 1967 Crome Syrcus, Magic Fern
October 27-28, 1967 Crome Syrcus, Magic Fern
November 5, 1967 John Handy, Crome Syrcus
November 10, 1967 Doors, Crome Syrcus, Magic Fern
November 17-18, 1967 Country Joe & The Fish, United Empire Royalists (17th), Fat Jack (18th)
November 25, 1967 (cancelled) Crome Syrcus, Daily Flash
December 8, 1967 John Fahey, Fat Jack
December 29, 1967 Country Joe & The Fish, Magic Fern
1968
January 13, 1968 Strawberry Alarm Clock
January 26-27, 1968 Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service
February 2-3, 1968 Charles Lloyd
February 9-10, 1968 The Fugs
March 9, 1968 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Fat Jack
April 5, 1968 Blue Cheer, Fat Jack
April 12, 1968 Byrds, Merrilee Rush & Turnabouts, Magic Fern
April 19-20, 1968 Country Joe & The Fish, Fat Jack
April 21, 1968 (Helix KRAB Media Mash) Magic Fern, Time Machine, Fat Jack (no show), Uncle Henry, Indian Puddin' & Pipe, Canterbury Tales, Tall Timberboys (no show), Blues Feedback, Great Excelsior Jazz Band (no show), Murray Roman, Easy Chair, Blues Interchange
April 26-27, 1968 Country Joe & The Fish
May 29-30, 1968 Cream, Time Machine, Easy Chair
June 7-8, 1968 Chambers Brothers, Magic Fern
June 21-23, 1968 Iron Butterfly, Uncle Henry
June 28-29, 1968 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Calliope
July 5-6, 1968 Blue Cheer
July 17-18, 1968 Vanilla Fudge, Charles Lloyd, Crome Syrcus
July 26-28, 1968 Steppenwolf
August 2-3, 1968 Moby Grape, Floating Bridge
August 9-11, 1968 Pink Floyd, Blue Cheer
August 16-18, 1968 Electric Flag, Silver Apples
September 13-14, 1968 Steve Miller Band, The Collectors
September 20-21, 1968 Lee Michaels, Floating Bridge
October 6, 1968 Floating Bridge, International Brick, Byron Pope Ensemble, Juggernaut
October 11-13, 1968 Fraternity of Man, Easy Chair
October 25-26, 1968 Canned Heat, Byron Pope Jazz Ensemble
October 31-November 2, 1968 Youngbloods, Congress of Wonders
November 8-9, 1968 Deep Purple, Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck
November 15-16, 1968 (rescheduled to December 6-7) Moody Blues
November 22, 1968 Byrds, Sweet Roll
November 27, 1968 Jeff Beck Group, Chicago Transit Authority
December 6-7, 1968 Moody Blues, Terry Reid
December 14, 1968 (cancelled) Hugh Masakela, Genesis
1969
January 4, 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Popcorn
January 11, 1969 Fleetwood Mac, Floating Bridge
January 25, 1969 Steve Miller Band, Locomotive
January 30-31, 1969 It’s A Beautiful Day, Aum
February 1, 1969 Locomotive, Popcorn, Floating Bridge
February 14-15, 1969 Charles Lloyd, James Cotton Blues Band, Kaleidoscope
February 28-March 1, 1969 Muddy Waters, Spirit
March 7-8, 1969 Jethro Tull, MC5, Earth Opera
March 9, 1969 (2nd annual Helix newspaper benefit) Youngbloods, Floating Bridge, Black Snake, Popcorn, Juggernaut
March 15, 1969 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Black Snake, Pulse
March 22, 1969 Ten Years After, Don Ellis
April 19, 1969 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Guess Who, Alice Cooper
April 26-27, 1969 Albert King, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
May 16-17, 1969 Taj Mahal, Gypsy
May 29, 1969 Crome Syrcus, The Collectors
June 6-7, 1969 Big Mama Thornton, Black Snake
June, 13-14, 1969 Kaleidoscope, Floating Bridge
June 21-22, 1969 Joe Cocker, Pure Sunshine, Annie, Bluebird
June 26-28, 1969 Steve Miller Band, Mock Duo
July 3-5, 1969 Poco, Fields
August 2-3, 1969 Jethro Tull, Black Snake
August 15-16, 1969 John Mayall, Black Snake, Peter
September 19-20, 1969 It’s A Beautiful Day, Tyrannosaurus Rex
September 26-27, 1969 Lee Michaels, Peter, Muff
October 3-4, 1969 Delaney & Bonnie, Bluebird
October 10-11, 1969 Chicago, Surprise Package
October 24-25, 1969 The Collectors, Floating Bridge (24th), The Deviants (25th)
November 7-8, 1969 Country Joe & The Fish, Blues Image
November 14-15, 1969 Taj Mahal
November 26 & 28-29, 1969 Steve Miller Band
December 5-6, 1969 Eric Burdon & War, Roxy
December 12-13, 1969 Lee Michaels, Crow
December 19-20, 1969 Youngbloods, Humble Pie
December 26-27, 1969 Charles Lloyd, Black Snake
December 31, 1969 Spirit, Zephyr, Bread
1970
January 2-3, 1970 Spirit, Zephyr, Bread
January 16-17, 1970 Fleetwood Mac, JP Zoot
January 23, 1970 Golden Earring, Floating Bridge
January 24, 1970 BB King, Golden Earring, Floating Bridge
January 30-31, 1970 It’s A Beautiful Day, Aum
February 13-14, 1970 Cold Blood, Bigfoot
February 27, 1970 Michael Bloomfield & Friends, Black on White Affair
February 28, 1970 Canned Heat, Bangor Flying Circus
March 13-14, 1970 Chicago, Illinois Speed Press
March 27-28, 1970 (postponed) Santana
March 28, 1970 (postponed) Paul Butterfield Blues Band
March 27-28, 1970 Redbone, Albert Collins
April 4, 1970 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Byrds, Blue Mountain Eagle
April 11, 1970 James Cotton Blues Band
April 25, 1970 Spiritual groups
May 8, 1970 (cancelled) Mountain, Aum
May 15-16, 1970 Small Faces, Ambergris
May 28-29, 1970 (cancelled) Santana, Elvin Bishop
June 26 & 27, 1970 John Sebastian, Leon Russell (last show at Eagles Auditorium)