Theatorium Theatre

1500 Broad Street,
New Castle, IN 47362

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Undated photo credit Doug Magers, courtesy Henry County Historical Society, Inc

The Theatorium opened on January 10, 1907, and was located in the L.A. JenningS Building. This was an early nickelodeon that seated 200. It was still open in 1914. Today the building is vacant.

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 12, 2018 at 4:09 pm

Street view needs to be reset. The second Jennings Block, northeast corner of Broad and 15th, has a modernized facade and the name “Metropolitan” on its front. The Theatorium, located at the west end of the building at the corner of 15th Street, was one of two movie houses located in the second Jennings Block at various times, the other being the Ideal Theatre, which occupied the east end of the building in the 1930s. A third theater, the Star/Starette, operated in an annex to the first Jennings Building at 1329 Broad Street.

SethG
SethG on November 11, 2020 at 3:39 pm

The 1908 Sanborn notes a ‘5ยข theatre’ in the basement. The theater is still there on the 1914 map, and the note puts it under 1500, which was then the westernmost of four storefronts.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on March 7, 2023 at 2:14 pm

Additional history credit Henry County Historical Society, Inc: “Jan. 10, 1907, the Theatorium opened as the first movie house in New Castle. It was located in the basement of the L.A. Jennings Building at the corner of Broad and 15th streets, which later became known as the Schuffman Building.”

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