Source: Cinema Treasures
The Westown opened in 1936, designed in a French-Moderne hybrid by Detroit-based Charles N. Agree, and featured an unusually extravagant marquee for a neighborhood house. The theater could seat over 2000, and was part of the Wisper and Wetsman chain, costing nearly $250,000 to construct. On its opening night, guests were shown footage of themselves entering the theater before the main feature, a gimmick often used for downtown palaces' opening nights, but unusual for a neighborhood theater. The Westown closed in 1964, and has since been demolished.