Plaza Theatre
1132 Broadway,
Gary,
IN
46407
1132 Broadway,
Gary,
IN
46407
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Previous Names: Lyric Theatre
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The Lyric Theatre was a moving-picture house at the northwest corner of Broadway and 12th Avenue. In October 1916 proprietor Matthew McBride paid $16,000 cash for the two lots on which the theatre was built. By 1922 it had been renamed Plaza Theatre. In 1920 a Photoplay organ was installed. The Plaza Theatre was still open in 1931, operating as a silent movie theatre. It had closed by 1932.
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In July 1919 Venus Amusement Company, aka Bikos and Obreshk, took over the Lyric. In March 1920 W.J. Hall, owner of the Plaza in Lansing, MI, purchased the Lyric, “a burlesque and vaudeville house,” and proposed to spend [$50,000] to make it into a high-class moving-picture theater. Hall arranged to have a Photoplay organ installed to furnish music to patrons.
Address was 1132 Broadway, which is the northwest corner of 12th and Broadway. Seating capacity: 586.
According to the 1918-1919 City Directory, the Lyric Theatre was at 1132 Broadway, and Matthew McBride was the proprietor. The 1922 City Directory shows the Plaza Theatre at 1134 Broadway. William Seegirt is the manager.