Trinidad, Colorado - A Historic Building Survey
West Theatre / West Theater
Map location #2.
West's Theater at 432 West Main provides an example of Victorian eclecticism. In this three-story brick the Romanesque style is combined with elements of the Greek. Obviously Romanesque are the arches decorating the facade of the second story. The columns with their Ionic capitals at the entrance of the Theater (shown in the first photograph) are Greek. The balustrade adorning the roof of the first story remains intact although lights have been added.
John W. Terry originally owned the lot on which the theater now stands, the first record on the lot being 1870 when Terry sold to Isabella Beard. Edward West acquired part of the lot in 1880 and a second part in 1882 and had the theater completed in the Spring of 1908.
The recent photograph was taken in August, 1970.
Legal Description: West part of Lot 2; Lot 3; Block 111 OTS.
Figure 6 West Theatre
