Some further notes: The Vernon had an orchestra pit with an upright piano. Offstage left at stage level there were 3 dressing rooms with sinks and two single occupant toilets. There was no fly space and the dimmers were in the projection booth. The space under the stage was unfinished and used for storage for derelict projection equipment from other Schine Theatres. At the time of closing, the booth equipment was 2 Simplex E-7 projectors with Peerless Magnarc lamphouses and Ampex magnetic penthouse soundheads. Mono sound was Simplex and there was a rack of 4 Ampex amplifiers for Cinemascope 4-channel stereo. There was one Brenkert C3 spotlight.
Also in the booth was a single theatre seat with made with 2 different aisle standards alleged to have come from “the old Vine Street Theatre.” Wish we knew more about that one.
I worked at the Vernon, helped salvage some contents before demolition, still have some light fixtures, and still have a set of John Eberson’s blueprints. The Vernon, which was called on the plans:Theatre Building, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, For The Mt. Lyric Real Estate Corp., Owner. was all new construction. Nothing was re-used.
The elevation of the marquee in the plans says, “Schines LYRIC”
Some further notes: The Vernon had an orchestra pit with an upright piano. Offstage left at stage level there were 3 dressing rooms with sinks and two single occupant toilets. There was no fly space and the dimmers were in the projection booth. The space under the stage was unfinished and used for storage for derelict projection equipment from other Schine Theatres. At the time of closing, the booth equipment was 2 Simplex E-7 projectors with Peerless Magnarc lamphouses and Ampex magnetic penthouse soundheads. Mono sound was Simplex and there was a rack of 4 Ampex amplifiers for Cinemascope 4-channel stereo. There was one Brenkert C3 spotlight. Also in the booth was a single theatre seat with made with 2 different aisle standards alleged to have come from “the old Vine Street Theatre.” Wish we knew more about that one.
I worked at the Vernon, helped salvage some contents before demolition, still have some light fixtures, and still have a set of John Eberson’s blueprints. The Vernon, which was called on the plans:Theatre Building, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, For The Mt. Lyric Real Estate Corp., Owner. was all new construction. Nothing was re-used. The elevation of the marquee in the plans says, “Schines LYRIC”