The theater is located at 305 Main Street, within the Anaconda Commercial Historic District.

April 30, 1982, the Washoe was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places for architectural significance.

Each joint and trim work is carved in complicated relief patterns with much use of ornamental ironwork.

Every flat surface, including the domed ceiling, is a painted mural done by Colville Smythe.

Recorded sound with films was itself a relatively new innovation, so the creation of a high-fidelity audio system was quite remarkable for 1936.