Evansville Civic Theatre
717 North Fulton,
Evansville,
IN
47710
717 North Fulton,
Evansville,
IN
47710
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Located on North Fulton, the Columbia Theatre opened in 1910. It originally was home to vaudeville and movies and later went on to movies only. It went through a couple name changes over its life span, Cinema West, Cine West before becoming the home to Evansvile Civic Theatre in 1974.
In 1994 the exterior was restored to its 1934 appearance and in August 1996 new seating and complete refurbishing of the interior was completed. Originally seating over 500 with the new seating it now seats 222. It is the home of live performances.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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This is the website for the Evansville Civic Theater.
A picture of the Columbia: <img src=“http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/moviejs/SilverScreen9105001.jpg” alt=“Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket”>
OK, so that didn’t work: go to photobucket.com and search COLUMBIA and THEATRE – that should bring up several pix of the Columbia (now Civic). I’ll be adding more pix soon from other eras when the theatre looked somewhat different.
The year given for this photo is 1998.
Here is a 1983 photo.
This web page from the Willard Library has photos of the Columbia Theatre before and after the 1939 Streamline Modern remodeling job, as well as photos of many other Evansville theaters. The thumbnails are in alphabetical order, so the Columbia photos are near the top of the page.
This web page from the Willard Library has photos of the Columbia Theatre before and after the 1939 Streamline Modern remodeling job, as well as photos of many other Evansville theaters. The thumbnails are in alphabetical order, so the Columbia photos are near the top of the page.