: It was the first theater west of the Continental Divide to be fully wired for electricity, featuring a 36-light chandelier. The Arson Mystery (1912)
: While the first fire was minor, a second blaze nine days later started in three separate locations simultaneously, confirming it was arson.
The building’s rebirth began in the late 1940s when Walter and Elizabeth Paepcke arrived to transform Aspen into a world-class ski resort.