Sherbino Building / Theater
Ouray County
Significant for its role in the social and cultural heritage of the town of Ridgway, the simple one-story brick building was designed by Gus Kullerstrand and built in 1915 by Louis Sherbino. Over the years, it functioned as a movie theater, a dance hall, a skating rink, and a community center.
Sherbino Building / Theater (1996 photograph.)
For a time it housed the Ridgway Post Office. In 1968, a boardwalk shielded with a fiberglass shingled roof was added in order to accommodate the filming of the movie "True Grit." Although the theater stage is now gone, most of the interior remains intact.