Auditorium Theatre
207 S. Michigan Street,
South Bend,
IN
46601
207 S. Michigan Street,
South Bend,
IN
46601
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The Auditorium Theatre was opened in 1898. By 1914 it was operating as a movie theatre. It suffered major damage in a fire in December 1920. Repairs were carried out, but it was closed and demolished in 1923 to make way for a Robinson’s Department Store.
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A timeline history of Robertson’s Department Store says that the store moved to the former site of the Auditorium Theatre in 1923.
The book South Bend in Vintage Postcards (Google books preview) says that the Auditorium was built in 1898 by the Studebaker family, and seated 1,635. It suffered major damage in a fire in December, 1920, and though rebuilt for movies did not last long before being demolished for the department store project.