The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre is a National Historic Site constructed in 1913 as a double-decker Vaudeville theatre. In the 1960s, the demand for new technology and new forms of entertainment resulted in the closure of the Winter Garden Theatre and the transformation of the Elgin Theatre into a cinema.

Decades later, the theatre’s rare double-decker design and extraordinary decorative interior gained international attention, and the site was restored as a feature cultural institution.