Princess Theatre
Grand Avenue and Spruce Street,
Del Norte,
CO
81132
Grand Avenue and Spruce Street,
Del Norte,
CO
81132
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Previously operated by: Gibraltar Enterprises Inc.
Previous Names: Del Norte Opera House
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The Del Norte Opera House was opened by 1889. By 1918 it had been renamed Princess Theatre. Listed as being open in 1941 with a seating capacity of 420. It was still open in 1956, but had closed by 1957. The Princess Theatre was demolished in the 1960’s.
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From the mid 1950s a photo postcard view of the Princess Theater in Del Norte.
Mid `60’s photo courtesy of The Denver Eye Facebook page. Just visible in far right of frame.
The Princess Theatre was on the ground floor of the Kiel & Warren Building, built in 1883, which originally housed on its second floor a theater listed in the 1889 Jeffery’s guide as the Del Norte Opera House, with 300 seats. The Princess Theatre was in operation by 1918. The upstairs opera house was converted into a dance hall. The building was demolished in the 1960s, according to its brief entry on this web page.
Boxoffice, March 21, 1953: “DEL MORTE (sic), COLO. - William A. Simon, formerly of the Grand Theatre in Rocky Ford, purchased the Princess Theatre here. He takes over the house about April 1.”