228 E. 4th St. – Rialto Theater

Construction began in 1919 on the new $100,000 theater on East Fourth, which had evolved into downtown Loveland’s main street. William C. Vorreiter, President of the Bank of Loveland, built the theater, which opened in 1920. Dubbed “the finest theater north of Denver” by the local newspaper, the structure contained 1,014 wooden seats—720 on the main floor and 294 in the balcony. Because of economic reasons during the Depression, Vorreiter sold the building in 1935 to Gibraltar Enterprises, Inc. In 1962, Gibraltar sold the Rialto to Commonwealth Theaters. The theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. In 1993, the Rialto became one of the first projects in Colorado to be awarded a grant from the State Historical Fund.