Silver City's historic Silco Theater is an architectural and
municipal treasure preserved from just after the dark days of the Great
Depression.
Built in 1923, the Silco has retained
— both by chance and thanks to the work of dedicated groups interested
in preserving Silver City's heritage — much of its original charm and
architecture. Today, those dedicated individuals and groups are working
to restore the Silco to its former glory as a multi-use facility in
Historic Downtown.
In more than 90 years on
Bullard Street, the Silco served as a movie theater under the Liberty
Theaster and, beginning in 1926, the Silco Theater names. Given its
outstanding position on Bullard Street in downtown Silver City, the
Silco has been at the heart of renovation activities in the past
decade.
The
efforts to renovate the Silco have been aided in large part by the
outstanding care given to the building over the decades.
Although
the stadium seating of the original floorplan was covered over to make
a flat floor, for example, the original theater seats were preserved
underneath the flooring are are available for our rennovation (see
picture at left).
Other materials from the era are being
painstakingly located for the renovation, and modern materials for
safety and convenience are being added.
Today, the Silco's Performance Hall seats 100 people
for an event or meeting in historic theater seats.
You can help with this effort. Consider
joining us as we bring the historic Silco Theater back to downtown!
