The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) is pleased to announce... a group with a long-standing effort of preservation stewardship is the Blue Mouse Theater Associates in Tacoma. A group of more than a dozen friends and neighbors, living in Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood, put up their own money, talents, and elbow grease to keep the Blue Mouse Theater alive and well, when so many other single-screen community theaters have long since closed. The Blue Mouse Theater was first built during the silent movie era and is believed to be longest-continuously operating movie theater in the state.