Westlake Theatre, Movie theater in Westlake, Los Angeles, United States

The Westlake Theatre is a 1926 building by Richard Mortimer Bates Jr. with a Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival exterior and Churrigueresque floral and cartouche relief on its facade. Its interior has Adamesque references and murals by Anthony Heinsbergen. A 1935 exterior renovation by S. Charles Lee added an Art Deco ticket kiosk of red-painted metal, unvarnished aluminum and glass, plus terrazzo sunburst paving in the foyer and front sidewalk.

The theater opened in 1926 as an entertainment venue for motion pictures and vaudeville performances. It became an important gathering place in the Westlake neighborhood during cinema's golden age.

The interior holds murals by Anthony Heinsbergen and Adamesque decorative references. The building was converted into a swap meet in 1991, so the former auditorium now serves as a market hall where vendors set up stalls. The 1935 foyer and front sidewalk keep their terrazzo sunburst paving.

The theater stands next to MacArthur Park in the Westlake district. Its facade faces the street, so the Churrigueresque relief and the rooftop neon sign are seen from the sidewalk; the 1935 terrazzo sunburst paving runs through the foyer and the front sidewalk. The building was converted to a swap meet in 1991 and later sold for redevelopment, so interior access is not guaranteed.

The building preserves its original three-story red and white neon rooftop sign that once served as a neighborhood landmark during the cinema era. This sign stands as one of the few remaining original neon signs from that period in the area.