Mars Theatre

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Mars Theatre
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Mars Theatre, November 2009
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Location11 N. 6th St., Lafayette, Indiana
Coordinates 40°25′6″N86°53′25″W / 40.41833°N 86.89028°W / 40.41833; -86.89028 Coordinates: 40°25′6″N86°53′25″W / 40.41833°N 86.89028°W / 40.41833; -86.89028
Arealess than one acre
Built1921 (1921)
ArchitectNicol, Scholer, & Hoffman; Kemmer Construction Co.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No. 81000030 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 1981

Mars Theatre is a historic theatre building 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 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