Address: | 235 Main Street, Fort Macleod, AB T0L 0Z0 |
Coordinates: | 49.7257°N -113.4075°W |
Broke Ground: | 1910 |
Opened: | 1912 |
Renovated: | 1940s |
Owner: | Town of Fort Macleod |
Operator: | Empress Theatre Society |
Builder: | J.S. Lambert |
The Empress is a not for profit theatre in Fort Macleod, Alberta that has been open since 1912.
In January 1910 the Lethbridge Herald announced that a new opera house with orchestra pit would be built[1] And it opened in 1912[2] as a vaudeville and theatrical performance venue for North-West Mounted Police.
It is a two-story brick building with a plain facade to match the existing streetscape.[3] It still has its original interior balcony, seating, dressing rooms and projection booth.