Orpheum Theater (St. Louis)

American Theater
Location 416 N. 9th St., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates 38°37′48″N 90°11′34″W / 38.63000°N 90.19278°W / 38.63000; -90.19278Coordinates: 38°37′48″N 90°11′34″W / 38.63000°N 90.19278°W / 38.63000; -90.19278
Built 1917
Architect Lansburgh,G. Albert
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 85000617[1]
Added to NRHP March 18, 1985
The Orpheum Theater in 1917

The Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, Missouri is a Beaux-Arts style theater, built in 1917. It was constructed by local self-made millionaire Louis A. Cella and designed by architect Albert Lansburgh.[2] The $500,000 theater opened on Labor Day, 1917, as a vaudeville house.[2] As vaudeville declined, it was sold to Warner Brothers in 1930, and served as a movie theater until it closed in the 1960s.[2]

It was restored as the American Theater in the 1980s[2] and was listed under that name on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] It was later sold to local businessmen Michael and Steve Roberts, who renamed it the Roberts Orpheum Theater. The Roberts brothers sold the theater in 2012, and it closed.[3] The Chicago developer, UrbanStreet Group, plans to restore the theater.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://article.wn.com/view/2011/05/19/The_Roberts_Orpheum_Theater_a_landmark_to_St_Louis_vaudevill/
  3. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/print-edition/2012/11/23/new-owners-to-take-the-stage-at.html?page=all
  4. ↑ http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/chicago-developer-hopes-to-transform-vacant-roberts-properties/article_23c8f5c7-4479-5935-97d6-dbd1792902b9.html


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