Capitol Theater

148 W. Washington Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46204

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Originally opened on 27th September 1858 as the Metropolitan Theater, it was re-named Park Theatre in 1882. It burnt in 1897 and was rebuilt with the Park Theater located on the second and third floors.

Re-named Lyceum Theatre in August 1913, it was briefly re-named Stand Theatre in January 1916 until September 1916 when it recieved the name Park Theater again for the second time.

From 26th August 1923 it was re-named Capitol Theater and this lasted until final closure on 17th September 1935.

Contributed by Lost Memory

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lostmemory
lostmemory on June 27, 2007 at 7:53 pm

This is a vintage photo of the Capitol Theater. Text with photo claims that the Capitol Theater was formerly the Old Park Theater. Would the aka name be Old Park Theater or Park Theater?

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 28, 2007 at 3:54 am

The aka name should be Park Theater. Here is a 1910 photo of the Park Theater. Same building as the Capitol Theater.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 16, 2009 at 7:52 am

Here is a photo, possibly late twenties or eaaarly thirties:
http://tinyurl.com/pgjzd8

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 16, 2009 at 1:39 pm

If it wasn’t blurry we could probably figure out the year.

spectrum
spectrum on November 13, 2010 at 4:40 pm

From Google Views it looks like this theatre was demolished long ago. It was just a block away from the Indiana Theatre.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on November 16, 2010 at 1:55 pm

The Capitol Theatre was next door to the Indiana Theatre.

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