Located at 1317 State Street , the Arlington was built in 1931 on the former site of the Arlington Hotel , which was destroyed following the 1925 earthquake . The current structure was erected in 1930 as a showcase movie house for Fox West Coast Theaters . It was restored and expanded in the mid-1970s by Metropolitan Theaters Corporation . It opened in its current incarnation in 1976
1925 earthquake
1925 Santa Barbara earthquake
Arlington Theater