Palace Theater

126 E. Washington Boulevard,
Fort Wayne, IN 46801

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webchicken
webchicken on September 12, 2007 at 1:39 pm

According to the Fort Wayne City Directories (Polk), the building was listed as Civic Theatre as early as 1958.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 6, 2007 at 7:46 pm

A Moller theater organ opus 3389 size 3/18 was installed in the Palace Theater in 1922.

PaulWolter
PaulWolter on April 30, 2007 at 1:16 pm

I have just read newspaper articles from the Fort Wayne News from 1914 and 1915 and can verify that this was indeed a Rapp & Rapp design. Hopefully Ken can modify the architect listing at the top of this page so that this important early Rapp & Rapp design gets recognized. The theatre opened on January 25, 1915 as the New Palace Theatre. I hope to type up and post the newspaper listings here.

PaulWolter
PaulWolter on April 15, 2007 at 5:03 pm

I think this was designed by Rapp & Rapp. The facade is remarkably similar to the facade of the Orpheum Theatre in Champaign, Illinois which was built in 1914. The Chicago Historical Society references a Rapp & Rapp design in 1914 for a theatre in Fort Wayne for Stouder and Barnett.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 27, 2007 at 2:34 pm

Here are two photos of the Palace/Civic:
http://tinyurl.com/2hb3zh
http://tinyurl.com/2bucuf