Lake Theatre

100 W. Main Street,
Warsaw, IN 46580

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lipalarp
lipalarp on May 4, 2011 at 11:28 am

I grew up working at this theatre.My father helped build it and my mother was the first ticket seller.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on November 9, 2010 at 5:16 pm

May 1 1970 THE LAKE THEATRE is playing “BEN-HUR” with two shows daily.“GOODBYE,MR.CHIPS” would play next.

atmos
atmos on May 12, 2010 at 9:42 pm

This theatre was featured in the 1948/49 theatre catalog.It had 908 seats on opening and the architect was Erwin G Frederick.

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 27, 2009 at 9:13 am

This is a new link for the circa 1980 photo.

lostmemory
lostmemory on December 2, 2008 at 4:54 pm

In 1955 the Lake Theater had 932 seats.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 13, 2008 at 11:47 am

A circa 1980 photo can be seen here.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 8, 2007 at 1:30 pm

Here is another photo of the Lake Theater.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 17, 2005 at 2:06 pm

This is a photo of the Lake Theater in Warsaw, Indiana.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 16, 2005 at 5:01 pm

The website for this theater is also for sale. I found an old article about this theater:

“Oct. 24, 1955 — Lake Theater owner Nick Mallers and Fire Chief Norman Banghart met today with state fire marshal officials and insurance adjusters in an inspection to determine the cause of an explosion Sunday morning that left the interior of the large, 7-year-old theater at the corner of Main and Buffalo streets, Warsaw, a shambles of destruction, with damages estimated by Mallers as close to $150,000”.

If you do the math, this theater opened around 1948.

focus
focus on December 16, 2004 at 2:47 pm

This theatre is was closed by Mallier’s who opened up a six screen theatre on U.S. 30. It is currently listed by a local realestate company.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on March 6, 2004 at 4:13 pm

The address for the Lake Theatre is 100 West Main Street, Warsaw, In.