Paramount Theatre Centre and Ballroom
1124 Meridian Plaza,
Anderson,
IN
46016
1124 Meridian Plaza,
Anderson,
IN
46016
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Chris, from the street view it looks like the entire marquee and verticle have been refurbished.
In case you didn’t know, the vertical Paramount sign that was recently placed back on the building is the original sign! It sat in a barn disassembled for decades and nobody knew until the man in possession of it(whom I believe was in his 90’s) told someone that he had it! It was restored and placed back in its original spot. So cool!
Nice photo Don L.
From 1957 a view of the Paramount and Times Theatres in Anderson.
Here is a July 1955 ad from the Anderson Daily Bulletin:
http://tinyurl.com/y8hbz9l
Another photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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An October 2009 photo can be seen here.
This is a nice shot of the Paramount.
1932 Picture
1982 Photo
1982 Photo
1985 Photo
1985 Photo
Here is a 2008 photo of the Paramount.
Glad to see they’ve added back the vertical “Paramount” sign.
A 1996 view of the Paramount Theater in Anderson here and here.
Here is a recent night view of the Paramount marquee.
Recent photos of this theatre are HERE
Here is a more recent and larger photo of the Paramount Theater.
This is a recent photo of the Paramount.
The correct website for this theater is http://www.andersonparamount.org/
Here is another photo of the Paramount Theater.
I saw Seven Brides for Seven Brothers here maybe about 10 years ago. Enjoyed the experience, but the similar atmosphere-style Louisville Palace about 150 miles south is a much better theater.
Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1991
Paramount Theater Building (added 1991 – Building – #91001165)
Also known as Paramount Centre;095-015-46071
1124 Meridian St., Anderson
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Eberson,John, Strauss,Alvin M.
Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Museum, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function: Meeting Hall, Museum, Theater
The Paramount Theatre opened on August 20th. 1929.
Some history on the Grand Page Organ that was installed in the Paramount Theatre. i got this from the Indiana Organ Society site.
The Grande Page Theatre Pipe Organ was shipped from Lima, Ohio, to the Paramount Theatre on January 3, 1929. Because the Paramount Grande Page was installed well after the advent of the talkies, it was not required to provide constant accompaniment to the films but was featured at premieres, during intermission, and for sing-a-longs.
Several ownership changes occurred in the 60s, 70s, and 80s and after the Paramount Theatre closed in 1985 the Page organ sustained major water damage and became barely playable. After two more ownership changes the theatre closed again in 1987; by this time the Page organ would not play at all.
Photos:
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Sounds like the name Eberson and Frank Lloyd Wright are in the same category of architectural/historical importance! I’m a follower of both of these great visionaries. Would also include E.B. Green and Stickley of the arts and craft movement, too.
John Eberson had more than one legal locus of operation throughout his career, but he was no doubt not always registered in every state in which a developer wanted his work. One way around this legal hindrance, is to contract with a local architect, who is called the ‘Architect of Record’, who is legally responsible for what is submitted as plans to local authorities, and for what is actually built. With a man as renowned as Eberson, there was no hesitation by a local man to sign on as the local representative of the ‘great man’ since it was also lucrative to the local architect to enter into such an alliance. It oftentimes led to that man becoming a junior partner in Eberson’s firm, or so the man hoped. Building a movie palace was a HUGE enterprise demanding many talents and lots of money, so it was not difficult to imagine developers searching about for an architect/designer who had a proven track record of successful designs. By the mid ‘Twenties, there were hundreds of architects who had eagerly thrust their hand into such designs, but not all covered themselves with glory, as Ben Hall recalls in his landmark book THE BEST REMAINING SEATS.