Tivoli Theatre
515 Franklin Street,
Michigan City,
IN
46360
515 Franklin Street,
Michigan City,
IN
46360
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Corrections: The Citizens Bank annex fire was on March 8, 1972. The Tivoli continued screening movies until November 30, 1972. Six people were in attendance that night as the Tivoli presented its curtain-closer; a cheap British horror flick called “The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!” The Tivoli was demolished in February and March of 1973 to make way for a bank building which most closely resembles a Big Mac container, with about the same charm. Coincidentally, a fire broke out at the demolition site when a workman’s torch ignited a pile of rubble. The date was March 8, 1973- the first anniversary of the bank fire.
The Tivoli wasn’t demolished, as such. To the north of the theatre (on the left in the picture) was what was known as the “Tivoli Annex” (a small storefront and office building), and then on the corner, Citizens Bank. The bank occupied the Annex, for additional office space. In the very early 70’s the bank was remodeling the Annex building, and the workers accidentally set it on fire. The fire, as I recall, burned down both the annex and the attached theatre building. After the site was cleared, the bank then built it’s new headquarters on the site.