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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Indiana » Bloomington » Princess Theater

Princess Theater

Bloomington, IN
206 N. Walnut Street
, Bloomington, IN 47404 United States
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Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Restaurant
Seats: 918
Chain: Unknown
Architect: John Nichols
Firm: Unknown
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All I know about the Princess Theater is, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as Building number 83000112. The architect is listed as John Nichols. The building is now used as a restaurant. Oddly enough, its called the Princess restaurant.
Contributed by Lost Memory

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There is a photo of the Princess theater/restaurant at the following link:
http://www.preserveindiana.com/pixpages/spencer.htm

It is the fourth photo down. Under the photo there are three dates listed. Does anyone know what those dates mean? I assume that one of them is the theater build date.
posted by Lost Memory on Jun 13, 2005 at 3:25pm
The 1945 Film Daily Yearbook lists the Princess as open and seating 918. I wonder if the dates refer to the theater's original opening date, and the other two are the years it was remodeled/rebuilt?
posted by Bryan Krefft on Jun 13, 2005 at 4:25pm
I also thought those dates were for some type of renovation Bryan. Now I find that there are two listings for this address on the National Register of Historic Places. This is the Princess Theater listing:

Princess Theatre (added 1983 - Building - #83000112)
Also known as See Also:Princess Theatre Building (Boundary Decrease)
206 N. Walnut St., Bloomington
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Nichols,John
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function: Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant

The next one is listed as the Princess Theater building:

Princess Theatre Building (Boundary Decrease) (added 1987 - Building - #87000999)
Also known as See Also:Princess Theatre
206 N. Walnut St., Bloomington
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Performing Arts, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use

Both are 206 Walnut St. The "Period of Significance" is different on the two listings. Anyone know what a "Boundary Decrease" is?

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 13, 2005 at 4:54pm
Does anyone know if the Estey theater organ that was installed in the Princess Theater in Bloomington, IN, is still there?
posted by TBR on Apr 18, 2006 at 1:07pm
It looks like there is (or was) a Mexican restaurant in the lobby:
http://tinyurl.com/hg33v
posted by ken mc on May 22, 2006 at 3:00pm
This is a 2007 photo. Its still a restaurant.

posted by Lost Memory on May 30, 2007 at 5:25am
Here is a vintage photo of the Princess Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 28, 2007 at 7:58pm
Another vintage photo of the Princess Theater can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 21, 2007 at 11:15am
And this is a recent photo of the Princess Theater building.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 23, 2007 at 7:05am
I don't think this photo of the Princess Theater has been posted before.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 9, 2007 at 6:21pm
Here are two photos from the 1970s

Photo1

Photo2

posted by Lost Memory on Feb 25, 2009 at 10:49am
1976 Photo

1983 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 22, 2009 at 5:04pm
This is a 2009 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 24, 2009 at 12:10pm
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