Fox Walsenburg timeline, 1917 to 2026
- 1917
Opens as the Star Theatre
Paul Krier’s Star Theatre brings vaudeville and moving pictures to Main Street.
- 1923
A Wurlitzer arrives
A Hope-Jones pipe organ — the theatre organ that scored the silent era.
- 1941
Remade Art Deco — the Fox
Fox West Coast remodels in Art Deco. The streamlined marquee that still defines the corner dates from here.
- 1955–56
Licensed movie house
City and state licenses show the Fox operating as a movie house in the mid-1950s. Select a scan to open it larger.
City of Walsenburg City License No. 79 · 1955 · Fox Theatre · business: Movie Pictures · term 1 Jan–31 Dec 1955 · signed 7 March 1955 by City Clerk Thomas M. Wilson 
Colorado Department of Revenue Store or Sales Tax License · 1956 · Fox Inter-Mountain Amusement Corp’n · Fox Theatre · Walsenburg · valid through 31 Dec 1956 - 1986
The screen goes dark
The commercial house closes. For a generation, Main Street loses its cinema.
- 1994
On the State Register
Volunteers save the building; Colorado lists it on the State Register of Historic Places in November.
- 2014
A $60,000 digital projector
County-wide fundraising buys digital cinema so first-run movies can return — proof of demand.
- 2017
The marquee is relit
Gordon Sign brings the 1941 neon back to light; a Christie laser projector follows the same year.
- 2024
Phase 1 complete
Structure, roof, and the first insulation in the building’s history — finished in January.
- 2026
Lit again
390 seats, funded back to life. Phase 2 in the homestretch.
