Thank you John for your update. I just found the Facebook page: Indianatheater. Finally a big historic positive for Terre Haute. Now I have an added reason to come back to visit the Wabash Valley.
According to information presented to CIC-ATOS, this summer, the building has been sold. I was in the theater a couple of years ago as CIC-ATOS was planning to re-instal a theater pipe organ in it. The entry and lobby were beautiful, and the theater was not in bad condition. Needed some TLC. Updated sound system sounded great. New owner is interested in having the organ installed and improving the venue.
The theater on Wabash Ave. was renamed the Grand after the Opera House was torn down. I was in the Wabash Ave. Grand in the 70’s when I was at ISU. The manager told me that there was a tunnel from the front basement across Wabash to the theater building on the north side of the street. He said that actors would appear on multiple stages using different names at the same time to increase income. According to him many of the theaters around 7th and Wabash were connected underground.
Thank you John for your update. I just found the Facebook page: Indianatheater. Finally a big historic positive for Terre Haute. Now I have an added reason to come back to visit the Wabash Valley.
According to information presented to CIC-ATOS, this summer, the building has been sold. I was in the theater a couple of years ago as CIC-ATOS was planning to re-instal a theater pipe organ in it. The entry and lobby were beautiful, and the theater was not in bad condition. Needed some TLC. Updated sound system sounded great. New owner is interested in having the organ installed and improving the venue.
If you look through the door the tile floor is visible with the Nickeldon on it.
The theater on Wabash Ave. was renamed the Grand after the Opera House was torn down. I was in the Wabash Ave. Grand in the 70’s when I was at ISU. The manager told me that there was a tunnel from the front basement across Wabash to the theater building on the north side of the street. He said that actors would appear on multiple stages using different names at the same time to increase income. According to him many of the theaters around 7th and Wabash were connected underground.
Historic Indianapolis article link http://historicindianapolis.com/indianapolis-then-and-now-zarings-egyptian-theatre-2741-central-avenue/