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Walker Theatre (Burton Cummings)

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The Walker Theatre, now known as the Burton Cummings, is the city’s oldest surviving grand theatre and was built in 1905. It has been designated a National Historic site. The other surviving theatres are the Pantages (1914), and Metropolitan (1919).