Hartford Theater
118 East Washington Street,
Hartford City,
IN
47348
118 East Washington Street,
Hartford City,
IN
47348
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The Hartford Theater dates back to around 1948. The building is currently used as an alcohol and drug addiction center.
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This was the building in 1985.
LM, do you know if this was at one time the known as the Orpheum?
Both the Hartford and the Orpheum are listed in 1955 so I don’t think that they are the same theater. Seating given for the Orpheum that year was 501.
From the photo of the former Hartford Theatre, the building is recognizable as the house designed by architect Erwin G. Fredrick for Frank Walters and M.H. Scheidler, operators of the Orpheum and Jefferson theaters in Hartford City.
Mr. Fredrick’s rendering of the proposed theater was displayed in the “Just Off the Boards” feature of Boxoffice, August 17, 1946.
Pictured in this 1960 trade article: Boxoffice
Here is an updated link to architect Erwin G. Fredrick’s rendering of the new theater for Hartford in Boxoffice of August 17, 1946.