Murphy Theatre
50 West Main Street,
Wilmington,
OH
45177
50 West Main Street,
Wilmington,
OH
45177
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URL should be:
http://www.themurphytheatre.org/
Note the “the”.
Photos of the Murphy Theatre.
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Here’s a new official website:
http://www.murphytheatre.org/
The theatre is alive and well and still doing performing arts!
This is a nice 2009 photo of the Murphy Theater.
Murphy Theatre photos from 2007 courtesy Liberty Images.
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Here are two more 1983 photos:
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1982 photo of the Murphy Theatre.
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Another 1982 photo of the Murphy Theatre.
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Another 1982 photo of the Murphy Theatre.
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1983 photo of the Murphy theatre.
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1983 photo of the Murphy Theatre Box Office.
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The Murphy in summer 1996:
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1983 photo of the Murphy Theatre.
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I saw 60 minutes last week and its main story was the shut down in Wilmington of DHL which provided this town with most of its jobs (around 8,000). The mayor expects 20% of the retail in town to fail. What a shame. I saw the theater in the background as the cameras were panning the historic downtown district which looked desolate. Nonetheless, it encouraged me to look the theater up to find out more. What I found out is that the theater web site doesn’t work and there are no interior photos on this page. I hope this theater survives.
Architectural style could best be described as Sullivanesque
This is a July 2008 photo.
Here is another photo of the Murphy.
I’ve several shots of the Murphy (including the one of the ticket booth noted above) from a roadtrip we took earlier this summer for everyone’s perusal here. Enjoy! It’s a beautiful place.
The Murphy Theater ticket booth.
The related web site needs some help. Much of it does not work. I hope that does not mean bad things for this theatre. It looks like a great building.
This was a Chakeres theater in the early seventies.
I can’t recall where I obtained the information in my post above of 3/21/04, but I now suspect that the architect’s credit may be incorrect. There’s no mention of “Ditto, Fahnestock & Ferber” at the Murphy Theatre’s official website. And “Ditto” might not even be part of the name. Somewhere it might have once been published that Fahnestock & Ferber were the architects, and ditto the firm. More research needs to be done. In the meanwhile, I suggest that “Ditto, Fahnestock & Ferber” be removed from the credits unless someone can prove that the name is indeed correct.
Another recent photo of the Murphy Theater can be seen here.
Here is a 2007 close-up view of the Murphy Theater.
This is another photo of the Murphy Theater.
Some 2006 photos of the Murphy Theater can be seen here, another one here, and the last one is here.
Here are links with additional information for this theater:
http://tinyurl.com/oe6vl
http://tinyurl.com/qcy8h
“Charles Webb Murphy, who owned the Chicago Cubs during their glory years of 1906-1914, built this landmark in downtown Wilmington’s historic district. Built as a monument to Murphy, this theatre boasts 750 seats and has been restored to its original grandeur. The stately theatre is still utilized when nationally-known acts grace its stage or community theater is featured. The theater’s season runs from October through May. Toll free: 1-877-274-3848”.
Here is a modern photo of the Murphy Theater.
The related website has some beautiful color photographs and tells the history of this 1,000-seat theatre, which first opened in July, 1918, and was built by wealthy Charles Webb Murphy to show his appreciation of his hometown. The firm of Ditto, Fahnestock & Ferber served as architects.