A Westwood Landmark

Westwood Auditorium, 1920

The Westwood Auditorium was built in 1920 at a cost of $20,000, was the most expensive Red River public facility to date. It was used for multiple purposes. In 1937, Charlie Munroe leased the building from Red River. It was an oral agreement on day to day basis. He converted the building into a roller skating rink. Through successive ownership of Westwood, that agreement was honored. In the fall of 1976, Greater Westwood, Inc. owners of the property held a public auction, and the roller skating rink was one of them. It sold. After nearly forty years of operation the rink closed and the building dismantled.

Charlie Munroe posing at the end of an era.

Tim

P.S. – Still in search of a  home.

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