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Best Theatre Building
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Constructed about 1890 by town founder Thomas M. West and local contractor J.E. Bridges, this building housed two saloons until prohibition in 1919 prompted its conversion into a grocery store and bakery. Jim Tobola modified it in 1923 to house the Best Theatre, which offered vaudeville, local entertainment, and movies before closing in 1976. Its whimsical architecture includes metal semicircular awnings and cast concrete globe-like finials.
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