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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Colorado » Westcliffe » Jones Theater
Also known as Canda Theater

Jones Theater

Westcliffe, CO
Main Street
, Westcliffe, CO 81252 United States
(map)
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Movies
Seats: 184
Chain: Independent
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The brick structure, which houses the Jones Theater today, originally was a saloon and pool hall in the 1880's. In the 1920's a Westcliffe businessman by the name of June Canda purchased the saloon and began showing movies there. In 1938 a Peerless carbon-arc movie projector was purchased. This antique is still in use in the theater today. In January of 1941 the grand re-opening debuted "The Return of Frank James" starring Henry Fonda. The theater was closed for remodeling Canda continued to run the movie house until his death in 1963 at which time his wife Catherine Suzanne took over the business. One year later, in 1964, a heavy snowfall collapsed the roof on a portion of the structure, forcing her to close and sell the theater to the Jones family.

It operated as a movie theater until 1980, when a dentist used it as an office for 12 years.

The Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts was formed in 1992 as a not-for-profit corporation to maintain the theater both as a movie house and for live productions. Thanks to generous foundation grants the theater has been restored and refurbished to its original 30's glamour.

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The Historic Jones Theater (Official)
Contributed by TC

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The address that I found for the Jones theater is 119 Main St.

posted by Lost Memory on Mar 5, 2005 at 4:09pm
Here is a link to a photo of the Jones theater and the address below the photo matches the one that I found previously:
http://downtownwestcliffe.com/jonestheater/index.htm
posted by Lost Memory on Mar 5, 2005 at 7:28pm
This is a recent photo of the Jones Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 14, 2006 at 1:31pm
Here is another recent photo of the Jones Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Feb 7, 2007 at 5:04am
Another photo of the Jones Theater can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 6, 2008 at 6:55pm
This is a working link for the Jones Theater website.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 16, 2008 at 3:58pm
1983 Photo

1986 Photo

1987 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on May 20, 2009 at 10:04am
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