[4] The 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) building was originally called the Taylor Street Theatre until 1947, when J.J. Parker changed the name to the Guild after purchasing the theater.

[2] In late 2016, Tom Moyer's company, TMT Development, the property's owner, began work on remodeling the building.

In January 2017, the company told the Portland Business Journal that the former theater space is being remodeled for a new tenant whose identity could not yet be revealed, due to a non-disclosure agreement.

[8] After the remodeling and conversion of the space, the Portland Tribune described the modified interior as "light and airy, to the point of being sparse.

The high ceilings are decorated with long strands of fiber, and the upstairs balcony, once the domain of the projectionist is given over to tightly packed rows of Japanese comics and graphic novels.