The Stiefel Theatre is in Salina, Kansas. Opened in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the "Fox–Watson Theater Building". The Fox–Watson Theatre was opened in late February 1931 by Winfield W. Watson, a local businessman and banker. He led the campaign and donated the land, to bring a movie house to Salina. Fo…The Stiefel Theatre is in Salina, Kansas. Opened in 1931, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the "Fox–Watson Theater Building". The Fox–Watson Theatre was opened in late February 1931 by Winfield W. Watson, a local businessman and banker. He led the campaign and donated the land, to bring a movie house to Salina. Fox West Coast Theatres built the art deco style movie house at a cost of US$400,000. Boller Brothers, an architectural firm out of Kansas City, Missouri, designed the structure.