Mars Theatre
United States historic place
United States historic place
Mars Theatre | |
Mars Theatre, November 2009 | |
40°25′6″N 86°53′25″W / 40.41833°N 86.89028°W / 40.41833; -86.89028 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1921 (1921) |
Architect | Nicol, Scholer, & Hoffman; Kemmer Construction Co. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 81000030[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 26, 1981 |
Mars Theatre is a historic theatre building in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1921, and is a four-story, rectangular, Georgian Revival style brick building, with limestone ornamentation and terra cotta panels. It measures 69 feet, 4 inches, wide and 141 feet, 4 inches deep. It was originally built as a vaudeville theater and sat 1,205 patrons.[2]: 2–3 The building houses the Denis H. Long Center for the Performing Arts.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Daniel J. Fogerty and Sharon Fishbasck (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mars Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
- ^ Long Center for the Performing Arts website
External links
- Cinema Treasures: Long Center for the Performing Arts
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National Register of Historic Places in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Historic Landmark
- Tippecanoe Battlefield
- John E. and Catherine E. Christian House (Samara)
districts
- Battle Ground Historic District
- Centennial Neighborhood District
- Chauncey–Stadium Avenues Historic District
- Dayton Historic District
- Downtown Lafayette Historic District
- Ellsworth Historic District
- Happy Hollow Heights Historic District
- Highland Park Neighborhood Historic District
- Hills and Dales Historic District
- Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District
- Jefferson Historic District
- Ninth Street Hill Neighborhood Historic District
- Park Mary Historic District
- Perrin Historic District
- St. Mary Historic District
- Upper Main Street Historic District
properties
- Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House
- Archeological Sites 12T59 and 12T530
- Jesse Andrew House
- Judge Cyrus Ball House
- Big Four Depot
- Cairo Skywatch Tower
- Curtis-Grace House
- Ely Homestead
- Enterprise Hotel
- Falley Home
- Farmers Institute
- Fort Ouiatenon
- Moses Fowler House
- Hershey House
- Marian Apartments
- Mars Theatre
- Levi and Lucy Morehouse Farm
- Morton School
- James Pierce Jr. House
- William Potter House
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- Scott Street Pavilion
- Stidham United Methodist Church
- Temple Israel
- Tippecanoe County Courthouse
- The Varsity
- Waldron–Beck House and Carriage House
- James H. Ward House
- West Lafayette Baptist Church (formerly listed)
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