Drink · Still Old School
Club Moderne
A 1937 corner bar with a Moderne front that made it through a fire and came back with the same bar and look.
Before 1950 · Southwest Montana
Anaconda, Before 1950
Old School Montana lists 2 places in Anaconda that are still open: Washoe Theater (est. 1936) and Club Moderne (est. 1937). Anaconda is in Deer Lodge County, in Southwest Montana.
Smelter town west of Butte with a stack that is still standing, a 1936 movie palace, and a Moderne bar on Park Avenue.
Places in Anaconda
See · Still Old School
Washoe Theater
Started in 1931, opened in 1936 with The Texas Rangers, and showed The Texas Rangers again for its 90th birthday in 2026. Still $7 a ticket.
Anaconda stories
Still Old School
Still Old School: The Washoe in Anaconda
Anaconda's Art Deco movie palace took five years and a Depression to finish. It opened in 1936 and turned 90 in 2026 still selling $7 tickets.