La-Fa Theatre

Simpson Street,
Lafayette, CO 80026

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Previous Names: Jewel Theatre

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The Jewel Theatre was opened by 1914. It was renamed La-Fa Theatre in 1940. The La-Fa Theatre was closed in 1961. It sat unused until it was destroyed by a fire in April 1971.

Contributed by Anthony L. Vazquez-Hernandez

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on November 20, 2019 at 1:22 am

Motion Picture Herald, Dec. 27, 1947: “Don Hart and Louis Petri from Inland Amusement Corp., buying La Fa, Lafayette, Colo., from Walter Houser.”

Motion Picture Herald, July 17, 1948: “Walter M. Houser has taken back the LaFa, Lafayette, Colo., from Inland Amusement Co., which has dissolved.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on November 23, 2019 at 2:02 am

Motion Picture Herald, Jan. 28, 1956: “Charles J. Molcker has bought the LaFa, Lafayette, Colo., from Walter Houser.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on February 11, 2020 at 3:53 am

Boxoffice, April 12, 1971: “The old Lafa Theatre, located in Lafayette, was completely destroyed by fire. The house had been closed for the past ten years.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 17, 2020 at 9:28 pm

Boxoffice, Dec. 21, 1959: “Walt Houser, owner of the LaFa Theatre at Lafayette, presented two free Christmas shows for the grade school children of the town. No doubt they were a very quiet, well-behaved audience since Houser is the principal of the Lafayette grade school”

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