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Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr.
First Opened: 9th September 1932 (93 years ago)
Former Names: Veterans Auditorium
Website: sfwarmemorial.org/herbst-theatre
Telephone: (415) 621-6600
Address: 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102
The Herbst Theatre opened as the War Memorial Building’s Veterans Auditorium in September 1932 along with the opera house that was part of the same building complex in San Francisco’s civic center. The theatre was refurbished and renamed the Herbst Theatre in 1977.