Mars Theatre

Mars Theatre

Mars Theatre, November 2009
Location 11 N. 6th St., Lafayette, Indiana
Coordinates 40°25′6″N 86°53′25″W / 40.41833°N 86.89028°W / 40.41833; -86.89028Coordinates: 40°25′6″N 86°53′25″W / 40.41833°N 86.89028°W / 40.41833; -86.89028
Area less than one acre
Built 1921 (1921)
Architect Nicol, Scholer, & Hoffman; Kemmer Construction Co.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference # 81000030[1]
Added to NRHP January 26, 1981

Mars Theatre is a historic theatre building located at 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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
  3. Long Center for the Performing Arts website

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