Strand Theatre
E. Wayne Street & S. Clinton Street,
Fort Wayne,
IN
46802
E. Wayne Street & S. Clinton Street,
Fort Wayne,
IN
46802
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A book about Fort Wayne published by the Fort Wayne News in 1913 attributes the design of the Empress Theatre to one of the town’s leading architects of the period, John M. E. Riedel. He also designed the Lyric Theatre.
In its early years, the Empress presented Sullivan & Considine vaudeville, and as Lee DeCamp was the supervising architect for the circuit, it’s possible that he also had a hand in designing the Empress. In 1912, DeCamp had his main office in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about 150 miles from Fort Wayne.
I should have said the theater was on the Southwest Corner of Wayne and Clinton.
Open 1912-~1945? Can anyone verify the exact dates?
PLEASE CHANGE ADDRESS TO:
SOUTHEAST CORNER WAYNE STREET & CLINTON STREET
Owned by W.C. Quimby Enterprises.
Need more info and more photos.
Here is an early interior photo of the Empress Theatre.