Rialto Theater
10 S. Main Street,
Butte,
MT
59701
10 S. Main Street,
Butte,
MT
59701
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The Rialto Theater designed for Claude Jensen and John Von Herberg, opened in May of 1917. The building was demolished in the 1960’s and replaced by a bank.
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This is a 9/17/2006 article about the former Rialto Theater.
An American Master theater organ was installed in the Rialto Theater in 1916.
Closed in 1965, was operated by Fox Theatres from 1930 until it closed.
Photos of the Rialto can be seen at this site.
http://pstos.org/instruments/mt/butte/rialto.htm
A 1917 article from Pacific Builder and Engineer (Barnes, Horace. “Patented Ramp in Liberty Theatre Seattle.” Pacific Builder and Engineer, April 27, 1917, p. 16.) states that Jensen and Von Herberg were the “lessees” of the theatre and that Seattle architect Henderson Ryan was the designer using his patented ramp design. Stylistically, the Rialto is very similar to the Liberty Theatre. Ryan was also working on Butte’s Peoples Theatre and another unknown theatre in Helena at the time. The Neptune Theatre (1921) in Seattle, also by Ryan, looks like a stripped down version of the Rialto.
Thanks Chuck,wonderful pictures.