Palace Theatre | |
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| Address | 233 West Center Street Marion, Ohio United States |
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| Owner | Palace Cultural Arts Association |
| Type | Movie Palace atmospheric theatre |
| Capacity | 1,440 |
| Current use | Movie theatre and performing arts center |
| Construction | |
| Opened | August 30, 1928 |
| Rebuilt | 1975–1976; 2015 |
| Architect | John Eberson |
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Marion Palace Theatre | |
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| Coordinates | 40°35′19″N 83°8′01″W / 40.58861°N 83.13361°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th century Spanish Revival, atmospheric theatre |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001486[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1976[1] |
The Marion Palace Theatre is a movie palace constructed in 1928 in Marion, Ohio, United States for the Young Amusement Company. The original cost of the project was $500,000 ($7.5 million in 2021 dollars). It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its significance to the atmospheric theatre architectural style popular in the United States during the 1920s.
The theatre opened on August 30, 1928, becoming the company's tenth theatre.[2] A movie palace, it was one of the last to be built in the atmospheric theatre style in the United States.[3] In addition to motion pictures and newsreels, the theatre also booked vaudeville and legitimate theatre, although vaudeville had declined in popularity by the time the theatre opened.[4]
It is located at the corner of West Center Street and Campbell Street, on two former residential lots. The site was initially owned by the Campbell family, early Marion settlers. The lot slopes to the west, causing the stage to be below grade level on the east and at grade level on the west. The east lot was vacant at the time of construction, while the west lot had a residential house, which was razed. Over time, additional land was secured and added to the complex.
In 1975, the theatre was sold to the Palace Cultural Arts Association, a nonprofit organization, and renovated. The Palace remains open today as a movie and performing arts center, and is one of 16 atmospheric theatres designed by John Eberson that remain in operation as theatres in the United States.[5]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Motion Picture News, January 7, 1928, 16; Marion Star, August 29, 1928; Hoffman, Scott L. A Theatre History of Marion, Ohio: John Eberson's Palace and Beyond. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2015, 26-36. ISBN 978-1-62619-950-7
- ^ Williams, Celeste M., and Dietmar E. Froehlich. "John Eberson and the Development of the Movie Theater: Fantasy and Escape." in Contribution and Confusion: Architecture and the Influence of Other Fields of Inquiry. Paper presented at 91st ACSA International Conference, Helsinki. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2004.
- ^ Kibler, M. A. (1992). "The Keith/Albee Collection: The Vaudeville Industry, 1894–1935". Books at Iowa 56. The University of Iowa. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Hoffman, 2015, p. 67.