Grand Theatre
790 Broadway,
Gary,
IN
46402
790 Broadway,
Gary,
IN
46402
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The Grand Theater was opened prior to 1915.
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Bryan Krefft
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A Barton theater organ was installed in the Grand Theater in 1922. Note: Built By Wangerin-opus 368. That organ was replaced by another Barton theater organ in 1928.
A Grand Theatre was in operation in Gary at least as early as 1919. The obituary of Peter Kalleres, long time Gary theater operator, in the January 23, 1943, issue of Boxoffice said that he had acquired the Grand in 1919, the year after he arrived in Gary.
A history of Lake County, Indiana, published in 1915 mentions the Grand Theatre, then operated by the Simon brothers. It started as a stock and vaudeville theater, but by 1915 was devoted exclusively to movies.