Kimo Theater

421 Central Ave. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 505-768-3522

East < GO > West

Oreste Bachechi had the Kimo Theater built in 1927 in the uncommon Pueblo Deco style of architecture. The theater sits at the corner of 4th and Central, the spot where the 1926 - 1977 and post 1937 alignments of Route 66 intersect. The Kimo theater was completed in a single years time at a cost of $150.000, not including the pipe organ which cost an an additional $18.000.

The Kimo sign above the marquee. After the building was heavily damaged by fire 1960's it was saved from demolition in the 1970's when the city bought the building. Restoration was a done in steps over the years.

The ticket booth and entry. Look at the colorful ceiling in the space.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

KIMO, AMERICA'S FOREMOST INDIAN THEATER, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.
The Kimo Theater building expresses architecturally, in composite design, the traditions of New Mexico and the old Southwest. One of the few typically American Indian architectural expressions, with a suggestion of the Spanish in its contours, this unusual edifice both inside and out, provides an atmosphere of historical romance unequalled elsewhere in America.

NOTE: This postcard is postmarked 1949 but the cars look more like mid to late 1930s models.

Photo(s): 2013