The Winema Theater is a historic wooden theater building in the lumber town of Scotia, California. Built in a rustic style with redwood logs, it was designed by San Francisco architect

Alfred Henry Jacobs Alfred Henry Jacobs (1882 – December 14, 1954) was an American architect. He designed theaters, hotels, residential, and religious buildings, primarily working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Three of the buildings he designed are listed on the ...

and built in 1919. The first show was held in 1920. It was renovated in 2002. A historic marker is outside the theater. It has a gabled roof and a

colonnade In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building. Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade which can be straight or curv ...

of redwood logs.

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{{Coord, 40.48424, -124.10254, type:landmark_region:US-CA, display=title Theatres in California Theatres completed in 1919 1919 establishments in California Buildings and structures in Humboldt County, California