CYW 296 Atlas Theater

Certainly the most picturesque building on the tour.  Located at 211 W. 16th Street, and built in 1887, this three story building originally held a confectionary shop on the lower level and the upper floors were utilized as office space. In 1907, the first floor vas converted into a theatre.  By the mid 1950’s, the building sat abandoned until 1961, when it reopened as the Pink Pony night club.  Remaining open for only two short years, the building again sat idle until in 1966, when the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players began to use the Atlas for live theater productions.  In 1971, the theater company purchased the Atlas, and two years later it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.