Arbo Theatre

I wonder if this wasn’t actually at 112. There’s a theater shown there on the 1914 Sanborn, and it likely would have been the Photoplay, based on the location given in the 1914-15 AMPD. Unfortunately, the 1926 map is not available online. 112 has been incorporated into the Thorpe building (it’s the southern storefront), but the old structure is clearly visible from the satellite view.

The formstone in the Rex photo makes me wonder it that wasn’t in the old Masonic temple on the corner, which was remodeled in 1947, and covered in formstone. That building was demolished sometime after 2016. I can’t match it exactly, but it seems to be the northern section of the western facade in the photo. I wish they had stood further away when they took the pictures! I do see that the address is given as 110 for the Arbo in the Yearbooks. That building, which is currently a law office, has clearly been remuddled a time or two, so it may have become the Rex. The real problem is that 110 is the shallowest building on the block. The current addresses match the addresses on the 1914 map, so….?

Its has to be an error, which happens a lot. A November 19, 1951 article from the Nevada Daily Mail stated that the “Arbo was renamed the Rex today”. Although it was immediately renamed the Rex, the former Arbo did remodel and reopen under the Rex name on December 14.

There are two photos, one of the Arbo and the other of the Rex, on its grand opening advertisement.