Orpheum Theatre
119 W. Jefferson Street,
Ottawa,
IL
61350
119 W. Jefferson Street,
Ottawa,
IL
61350
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Previously operated by: Alliance Theater Corp.
Architects: Irving M. Karlin, Jason F. Richardson, Jr.
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The Orpheum Theatre stood on Jefferson Street near LaSalle Street. It opened in the 1920’s and closed in the 1970’s. It has been replaced by a drive-up bank.
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The Orphuem was my favorite growing up in Ottawa. It had a balcony and inside there was a wooden soldier theme/ There were circles on the walls, that had lights inside, that framed a wooden soldier and a wooden horse. The walls were painted with several wooden soldiers on parade.
The Orpheum Theatre in Ottawa was rebuilt in 1937, several years after it had been virtually destroyed by a fire. Three walls of the original building remained standing, and the side walls were incorporated into the new theater by architect Irving M. Karlin. The surviving facade wall was demolished. Karlin wrote an article about the project which was published in the October 16, 1937, issue of Boxoffice. The new Orpheum was designed in the Moderne style.
Ottawa’s original Orpheum Theatre was rebuilt in 1924, according to an item in the January 5 issue of Exhibitors Herald that year:
This was the house that was virtually destroyed by fire some years later. I’ve yet to discover how old the Orpheum was at the time of its 1924 rebuilding.