Mars Theatre
Mars Theatre | |
 Mars Theatre, November 2009 | |
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| Location | 11 N. 6th St., Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°25′6″N 86°53′25″W / 40.41833°N 86.89028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 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 July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Daniel J. Fogerty and Sharon Fishbasck (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mars Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs
- ^ Long Center for the Performing Arts website
