Capitol Theatre

The Miner Building was constructed sometime before 1885, and was originally a three/four-story wooden tenement building. This original portion was on the left side in the photo. The April 1912 Sanborn shows the footprint of the theater portion already laid out. A small addition at the rear of the tenement block is slated for removal, and the theater portion is supposed to be brick and concrete block. The 1919 map, however, shows that the theater was a wooden structure, and that it and the tenement portion were clad in metal siding. At least in the original design, the theater was only on the ground floor, with lodging above. What can’t be seen from the photo is that the eastern wall was at an angle, so that the building became wider toward the rear.

The Princess Theater, after the first fire (Feb. 15, 1929), was rebuilt and renamed Capitol Theater. The second fire (March 15, 1937), utterly destroyed the Princess/ Capitol Theater, along with the Princess Hotel.