The Roxy Theater
Cascade, Valley County
- Grant: 2023 – Historic Theatre Revitalization Subgrant Recipient* (Exterior stucco and marquee repair)
Location: 114 S. Main Street, Cascade, ID
The Roxy showed its first film in July of 1939 and has been a fixture of Cascade and Valley County recreation ever since as the only motion picture house in the area. A charming single-screen affair, The Roxy was nearly shuttered for good in 2013 due to the cost of switching over from film to digital projectors. Thankfully for all involved, The Roxy was retrofitted and continues to show first run Hollywood films to audiences drawn from far and wide.
The Roxy was designed by Hugo Claussen of Salt Lake City to be a wonderful blend of old Hollywood glamour and small-town charm. It was the most technologically advanced theatre in Idaho at the time, all for the cost of $25,000. With state-of-the-art projectors and a sound system to match, the Roxy was the ultimate movie experience, and, thanks to the work done in 2013, The Roxy is again among the most technologically advanced theaters in Idaho.
The Roxy is more than a cinema, however, as it also routinely holds live events. Nationally renowned comedians often perform, as do local and regional musicians, community and school theater productions. The building itself is one of two remaining historic sites in downtown Cascade, and indelible part of the local economy.
*IHT’s Historic Theatre Revitalization Subgrant is made possible by the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant Program funded by the Historic Preservation Fund as administered by the National Park Service (NPS), Department of Interior.
