The interior of the Showplace ICON was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.) Photos can be seen on the company’s web site. As the theater is part of a large, mixed-use project, the structure itself was apparently designed by one of the other firms involved.
Reed Construction Data says that the AMC Castleton Square 14 was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.)
An article saying that the Patrick Henry Theatre would open to the public that night was published in The Free Lance-Star of December 6, 1933. Google News scan here.
The Patrick Henry Theatre was just down the block from the East End Theatre, built five years later, but it isn’t there anymore. There is a parking lot on the site.
utahtheatres.info says that the Crown Theatre opened as the Eko Theatre on December 18, 1912 (though another line on the page says the house “…brought silent motion pictures to Price in 1911….) It was renamed the Lyric Theatre in 1914. No date is given for the renaming to Utah Theatre.
The page CSWalczak linked to says that the Joy Theatre was on the south side of E. Broadway Street just east of Main Street. Google satellite and street views both show a vacant lot where the building with the Joy sign was in the old photo, so the theater has been demolished.
The town looks devastated in satellite view. The business district is full of vacant lots and some of the surviving buildings look as though their roofs have big holes in them, and a couple look like they have caved in.
The streamline modern facade of the Ritz Theatre probably dates from a 1949 remodeling designed by Sweetwater, Texas, architect Don W. Smith, which was listed in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog. Smith also designed a theater called the Joy, at Roscoe, Texas, in 1947.
The Price Theatre was one of several houses designed for the Huish circuit by architect Fred L. Markham. It is listed among his works in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The architect for the rebuilding of the Angelus Theatre was Fred L.Markham, who also designed the Arch Theatre and several other projects for the Huish circuit.
The Star Theatre was apparently remodeled in 1937, though I don’t know how extensively. The 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog listed the Star as a 1937 project of architect Fred L. Markham.
The 1950 edition of The Theatre Catalog lists the Roane Theatre at Rockwood as a 1949 project by architects Marr & Holman. It doesn’t say if it was new construction or a remodeling.
As late as 1953, there was a second theater called the Ritz in Rockwood, listed in the Motion Picture and Television Almanac. Here is a painting of it by a local artist who goes by the single name Susanne. It might be the same house that appears as the Lyric in this painting depicting Rockwood in the 1940s.
The 1941 Ganado Theatre was designed by Houston architect Ernest L. Shult, and was on a list of his theater projects that was published in the 1950 Theatre Catalog. Prior to establishing his own practice, Shult was a long-time associate of theater architect Alfred Charles Finn.
The original Showboat Theatre was designed in 1941 by architect Ernest L. Shult, but might have opened in 1942. The house was on a list of theaters designed by Shult that was published in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The architect’s correct name was Ernest L. Shult. The Plaza was listed as a 1941 project in a list of Shult’s theater designs published in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog.
The official web site for the Plaza Theatre has moved to this URL.
The Leon Theatre was designed by Houston architect Ernest L. Shult. It was included on a list of his theater projects published in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog, with the design dated 1948.
The Palms Theatre was built in 1949, according to this weblog post from The Old Sugar Land Club House. It includes a photo of the construction. Additional photos can be seen at this post from the same weblog.
A list of theaters designed by architect Ernest L. Shult, published in the 1950 edition of The Theatre Catalog also says the Palms was a 1949 project.
Greater Indianapolis, by Jacob Piatt Dunn, which was published in 1910, noted that the Metropolitan, the first theater in Indianapolis, had been designed by architect Diedrich A. Bohlen, whose son Oscar D. Bohlen had recently designed the Murat Theatre, the city’s newest house.
An introduction to the records of the Daggett architectural firm mentions the Park Theatre as one of the projects designed by Robert Platt Daggett (the plans themselves are apparently lost, as they are not listed among the contents of the collection.) No date is given for the project, but as R. P. Daggett practiced in Indianapolis from 1868 to 1912, I would imagine that he was the architect for the rebuilding of the theater after the 1897 fire.
I’ve been unable to find any photos of the Metropolitan from before the fire, but the style of the facade as depicted in post-fire photos could have been designed in the 1850s, especially as Diedrich Bohlen was trained as an architect in his native Germany, where the classical influence was strong throughout the 19th century. It’s possible that the building’s outer walls survived the fire and were largely restored by Daggett rather than rebuilt. I’ll keep an eye out for pre-fire photos.
The Murat Theatre was opened on February 28, 1910. The building was designed by Indianapolis architect Oscar D. Bohlen of the firm D. A. Bohlen & Son. It is predominantly Moorish-Oriental in style, and originally had 1,950 seats. A major renovation undertaken in 1996 increased the seating capacity to 2,476.
In its early years, the Murat Theatre was leased by the Shubert organization, and it later served as the venue for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. From the late 1940s until the early 1960s, it was the only house in Indianapolis capable of hosting the touring companies of major Broadway stage productions.
The building is still owned by the Shriners, but the Murat Theatre is now operated under a long-term lease by Live Nation, which lists upcoming events on this web page.
Here is another web page about the Victoria Theatre, focusing mostly on its later history as a nightclub, though with a few lines about its brief history as a theater.
The December 7, 1913, issue of The Moving Picture World ran this item:
“Philadelphia, Pa. — A. W. Barnes, 130 South Fifteenth Street, is preparing plans and specifications for alterations and additions to the Dixie Theater, Manayunk; alterations to consist of one-story brick, 50 by 75 feet.”
The theater had already been renovated in 1911, according to Manayunk, by Thom Nickels, which features a photo of the neighborhood showing the rooftop sign “Dixie Vaudeville” from across a valley. The Dixie was apparently a popular neighborhood vaudeville house for quite some time. This biography of Imogene Coca, who was born in 1908, says that she made her vaudeville debut at the Dixie Theatre in Manayunk at the age of 13, which would have been about 1921.
If Google Street View is getting the address right, it looks like the Dixie Rose Theatre has been demolished. There are no surviving buildings on this block that could have housed a theater of its size.
Also, the spelling of the theater’s name still needs to be corrected to Juarez, as in Benito Juárez, the Mexican President for whom it was most likely named.
I’ve set Street View to the correct address. In the most recent listing I can find on the Internet, the building was occupied by the office of attorney Lemuel Lopez, but an obituary reveals that Lopez died in a hang gliding accident on October 13, 2010, so the building might be vacant now.
The Home Theatre was designed by architect David Saul Klafter. On December 9, 1912, not long after the house had opened, the roof of the building collapsed. A lawsuit was filed against Klafter, but he was cleared by the Illinois board of examiners for architects, as noted in this article in the January 10, 1914, issue of The Moving Picture World.
The interior of the Showplace ICON was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.) Photos can be seen on the company’s web site. As the theater is part of a large, mixed-use project, the structure itself was apparently designed by one of the other firms involved.
Reed Construction Data says that the AMC Castleton Square 14 was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.)
An article saying that the Patrick Henry Theatre would open to the public that night was published in The Free Lance-Star of December 6, 1933. Google News scan here.
The Patrick Henry Theatre was just down the block from the East End Theatre, built five years later, but it isn’t there anymore. There is a parking lot on the site.
utahtheatres.info says that the Crown Theatre opened as the Eko Theatre on December 18, 1912 (though another line on the page says the house “…brought silent motion pictures to Price in 1911….) It was renamed the Lyric Theatre in 1914. No date is given for the renaming to Utah Theatre.
The page CSWalczak linked to says that the Joy Theatre was on the south side of E. Broadway Street just east of Main Street. Google satellite and street views both show a vacant lot where the building with the Joy sign was in the old photo, so the theater has been demolished.
The town looks devastated in satellite view. The business district is full of vacant lots and some of the surviving buildings look as though their roofs have big holes in them, and a couple look like they have caved in.
The streamline modern facade of the Ritz Theatre probably dates from a 1949 remodeling designed by Sweetwater, Texas, architect Don W. Smith, which was listed in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog. Smith also designed a theater called the Joy, at Roscoe, Texas, in 1947.
The Price Theatre was one of several houses designed for the Huish circuit by architect Fred L. Markham. It is listed among his works in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The Avon Theatre was listed among the works of architect Fred L.Markham in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The architect for the rebuilding of the Angelus Theatre was Fred L.Markham, who also designed the Arch Theatre and several other projects for the Huish circuit.
The Star Theatre was apparently remodeled in 1937, though I don’t know how extensively. The 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog listed the Star as a 1937 project of architect Fred L. Markham.
The 1950 edition of The Theatre Catalog lists the Roane Theatre at Rockwood as a 1949 project by architects Marr & Holman. It doesn’t say if it was new construction or a remodeling.
As late as 1953, there was a second theater called the Ritz in Rockwood, listed in the Motion Picture and Television Almanac. Here is a painting of it by a local artist who goes by the single name Susanne. It might be the same house that appears as the Lyric in this painting depicting Rockwood in the 1940s.
Susanne also has a painting of the Roane Theatre.
This web page about the Lyric Theatre says that its architect, Edward T. Wiley, also designed the Art Cinema.
The fall, 2008, newsletter of the Hartford Preservation Alliance says that the Lyric Theatre was designed by architect Edward T. Wiley.
The 1941 Ganado Theatre was designed by Houston architect Ernest L. Shult, and was on a list of his theater projects that was published in the 1950 Theatre Catalog. Prior to establishing his own practice, Shult was a long-time associate of theater architect Alfred Charles Finn.
The original Showboat Theatre was designed in 1941 by architect Ernest L. Shult, but might have opened in 1942. The house was on a list of theaters designed by Shult that was published in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The architect’s correct name was Ernest L. Shult. The Plaza was listed as a 1941 project in a list of Shult’s theater designs published in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog.
The official web site for the Plaza Theatre has moved to this URL.
The Leon Theatre was designed by Houston architect Ernest L. Shult. It was included on a list of his theater projects published in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog, with the design dated 1948.
The Palms Theatre was built in 1949, according to this weblog post from The Old Sugar Land Club House. It includes a photo of the construction. Additional photos can be seen at this post from the same weblog.
A list of theaters designed by architect Ernest L. Shult, published in the 1950 edition of The Theatre Catalog also says the Palms was a 1949 project.
Greater Indianapolis, by Jacob Piatt Dunn, which was published in 1910, noted that the Metropolitan, the first theater in Indianapolis, had been designed by architect Diedrich A. Bohlen, whose son Oscar D. Bohlen had recently designed the Murat Theatre, the city’s newest house.
An introduction to the records of the Daggett architectural firm mentions the Park Theatre as one of the projects designed by Robert Platt Daggett (the plans themselves are apparently lost, as they are not listed among the contents of the collection.) No date is given for the project, but as R. P. Daggett practiced in Indianapolis from 1868 to 1912, I would imagine that he was the architect for the rebuilding of the theater after the 1897 fire.
I’ve been unable to find any photos of the Metropolitan from before the fire, but the style of the facade as depicted in post-fire photos could have been designed in the 1850s, especially as Diedrich Bohlen was trained as an architect in his native Germany, where the classical influence was strong throughout the 19th century. It’s possible that the building’s outer walls survived the fire and were largely restored by Daggett rather than rebuilt. I’ll keep an eye out for pre-fire photos.
The Murat Theatre was opened on February 28, 1910. The building was designed by Indianapolis architect Oscar D. Bohlen of the firm D. A. Bohlen & Son. It is predominantly Moorish-Oriental in style, and originally had 1,950 seats. A major renovation undertaken in 1996 increased the seating capacity to 2,476.
In its early years, the Murat Theatre was leased by the Shubert organization, and it later served as the venue for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. From the late 1940s until the early 1960s, it was the only house in Indianapolis capable of hosting the touring companies of major Broadway stage productions.
The building is still owned by the Shriners, but the Murat Theatre is now operated under a long-term lease by Live Nation, which lists upcoming events on this web page.
Here is another web page about the Victoria Theatre, focusing mostly on its later history as a nightclub, though with a few lines about its brief history as a theater.
The December 7, 1913, issue of The Moving Picture World ran this item:
The theater had already been renovated in 1911, according to Manayunk, by Thom Nickels, which features a photo of the neighborhood showing the rooftop sign “Dixie Vaudeville” from across a valley. The Dixie was apparently a popular neighborhood vaudeville house for quite some time. This biography of Imogene Coca, who was born in 1908, says that she made her vaudeville debut at the Dixie Theatre in Manayunk at the age of 13, which would have been about 1921.If Google Street View is getting the address right, it looks like the Dixie Rose Theatre has been demolished. There are no surviving buildings on this block that could have housed a theater of its size.
Also, the spelling of the theater’s name still needs to be corrected to Juarez, as in Benito Juárez, the Mexican President for whom it was most likely named.
I’ve set Street View to the correct address. In the most recent listing I can find on the Internet, the building was occupied by the office of attorney Lemuel Lopez, but an obituary reveals that Lopez died in a hang gliding accident on October 13, 2010, so the building might be vacant now.
The Home Theatre was designed by architect David Saul Klafter. On December 9, 1912, not long after the house had opened, the roof of the building collapsed. A lawsuit was filed against Klafter, but he was cleared by the Illinois board of examiners for architects, as noted in this article in the January 10, 1914, issue of The Moving Picture World.