Town Hall Arts Center, Professional theatre in downtown Littleton, Colorado
The Town Hall Arts Center is a theatre in downtown Littleton, Colorado, in a building designed by architect Jacques Benedict and completed in 1920. Its Italianate facade, modeled on the Palazzo della Ragione in Vicenza, carries an eagle in the lunettes above the second-story windows and the Colorado columbine. Inside, a second-floor auditorium serves as the main stage.
The building was constructed in 1920 by architect Jacques Benedict as a civic center with council chambers, a fire station, and an upper-floor auditorium. This role as a gathering place for public meetings continued until it was transformed into an arts center.
The building's name comes from its former role as Littleton's town hall; the second-floor auditorium that once hosted civic meetings now stages six main-stage musicals or comedies and seven to eight concerts each September-to-June season. A children's program mounts two shows a year with professional actors, and classes in acting, stagecraft and creative dramatics run for students aged seven to seventeen.
The auditorium is on the second floor of the 1920 building, reached by stairs; the former fire truck and hose rooms on the ground floor now serve as lobby and gallery space. The season runs September through June, with six main-stage shows and seven to eight concerts. The building sits on West Main Street in downtown Littleton.
The facade carries an eagle in the lunettes above the second-story windows and the Colorado state flower, the columbine, carved into it. The design was modeled on the Palazzo della Ragione in Vicenza, Italy, but these American motifs replace its Italian detailing.
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