Harvard Exit Theatre, Historic cinema in Capitol Hill, Seattle, United States

The Harvard Exit Theatre occupied a 1925 building erected by the Woman's Century Club on Capitol Hill in Seattle. The cinema opened in 1969, and the sale of the building in 1968 carried a condition that the lobby not be altered; it remains unaltered. The club still meets there at midday on the third Friday of each month.

The Woman's Century Club built the house in 1925 and still meets there at midday on the third Friday of each month. The building was sold in 1968 on condition that the lobby not be altered, a condition kept to this day. Jim Osteen and Art Bernstein converted it into a cinema, whose grand-opening preview took place on May 20, 1969, with regular films from the next day. Landmark Theaters operated it until 2015, when developer Scott Shapiro bought it for offices and a restaurant; the Consulate of Mexico opened there around July 2018.

The theatre served as a gathering place where Seattle audiences discovered independent and foreign films that mainstream cinemas did not show. It became embedded in the city's film culture as a destination for art house cinema enthusiasts.

The building is no longer a cinema: developer Scott Shapiro bought it in 2015 and converted it to office and restaurant space. The Consulate of Mexico has leased space there since about July 2018. The lobby was never altered, as the 1968 sale required, so look for it on the ground floor.

The building's lobby has stayed unaltered since the 1968 sale, which was made on the condition that it not be changed. Reports of a ghost, a woman in 1920s dress, circulated for years and stopped in 1987. The Mexican Consulate opened leased space there around July 2018.