Mars Theatre

Mars Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mars Theatre, November 2009
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Location	11 N. 6th St., Lafayette, Indiana
Coordinates	40°25′6″N86°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 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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "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
3. Long Center for the Performing Arts website

External links

• Cinema Treasures: Long Center for the Performing Arts