Sorry about the above – tried to fit it all in the box but it didn’t seem to work!
Anyway, any info gratefully received – name of building, address, website, brief history (if available)and haunting details: Type (visible/non-visible; Human(description if poss); who it might have been and how did they meet their end; where in the building it happens; and what do they do (benevolent or malicious?).
Each entry also includes a link to another site where more details about a particular performer or event can be more fully gathered.
Up on my web site http://www.arts-info.co.uk I have a series of pages – Europe; Africa; America North; America South; Asia; and Australiasia in the section called “Haunted Venues”.
I would be very grateful for any information regarding any Haunted Venues you may know about or have worked in, but I am afraid that being a “Theatrical” type, I am only interested in buildings which were at one time a “Legitimate” Theatre hosting Live Performances – some of these since may have been converted into “Movie Houses” – or have been demolished and replaced by a Cinema, in which case that is OK. Cinemas now including “Live” Performances are also welcomed.
Theatres, Concert Halls, Opera Houses and Amateur Theatres are
You might want to correct your information about the date that structure was razed to 1977 (instead of 1978 as you note) and also that it seated 1,576 people as opposed to 1,700 as your information states.
The Astoria is Grade II Listed and has a Spanish/Moorish Decor around the Auditorium & Proscenium Arch. It also had a Courtyard and a domed Fountain. Seated 3,000. Interestingly enough, it opened the same day in 1930 as did another Edward Stone Theatre,the Whitehall – although this was smaller (Whitehall) and built solely as a “legitimate” Theatre.
“The Empress, later called the Uptown, was built in 1911 at 53 South Main Street. Top-quality vaudeville was introduced to Utah with the opening of the Orpheum Theatre at 132 South State on Christmas Day 1905. Designed by C.M. Neuhausen, the theater was opulently decorated and became a center for legitimate theater in Salt Lake City for many years.” From http://historytogo.utah.gov/theater.html
“The Utah Theater, 148 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, also known as the Pantages and Orpheum, was built in 1919 for Vaudeville, Architect: B. Marcus Priteca” – from your description – am slightly confused………..
On the arts-info site I am trying to provide a record of Haunted Theatres (those with some Live Theatre activity past or present rather than those constructed and used for Movies only), and I am trying to add from as many sources as possible a “potted biography” of the venue concerned to give people a sense of the background against which any alleged hauntings have taken place – so a clarification of the above would be much appreciated.
Sorry about the above – tried to fit it all in the box but it didn’t seem to work!
Anyway, any info gratefully received – name of building, address, website, brief history (if available)and haunting details: Type (visible/non-visible; Human(description if poss); who it might have been and how did they meet their end; where in the building it happens; and what do they do (benevolent or malicious?).
Each entry also includes a link to another site where more details about a particular performer or event can be more fully gathered.
Up on my web site http://www.arts-info.co.uk I have a series of pages – Europe; Africa; America North; America South; Asia; and Australiasia in the section called “Haunted Venues”.
I would be very grateful for any information regarding any Haunted Venues you may know about or have worked in, but I am afraid that being a “Theatrical” type, I am only interested in buildings which were at one time a “Legitimate” Theatre hosting Live Performances – some of these since may have been converted into “Movie Houses” – or have been demolished and replaced by a Cinema, in which case that is OK. Cinemas now including “Live” Performances are also welcomed.
Theatres, Concert Halls, Opera Houses and Amateur Theatres are
included.
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You might want to correct your information about the date that structure was razed to 1977 (instead of 1978 as you note) and also that it seated 1,576 people as opposed to 1,700 as your information states.
Fern Eddy Schultz
La Porte County (IN) Historian
This would appear to be the forerunner of the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres in Toronto, Canada.
The Astoria is Grade II Listed and has a Spanish/Moorish Decor around the Auditorium & Proscenium Arch. It also had a Courtyard and a domed Fountain. Seated 3,000. Interestingly enough, it opened the same day in 1930 as did another Edward Stone Theatre,the Whitehall – although this was smaller (Whitehall) and built solely as a “legitimate” Theatre.
thespis
“The Empress, later called the Uptown, was built in 1911 at 53 South Main Street. Top-quality vaudeville was introduced to Utah with the opening of the Orpheum Theatre at 132 South State on Christmas Day 1905. Designed by C.M. Neuhausen, the theater was opulently decorated and became a center for legitimate theater in Salt Lake City for many years.” From http://historytogo.utah.gov/theater.html
“The Utah Theater, 148 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, also known as the Pantages and Orpheum, was built in 1919 for Vaudeville, Architect: B. Marcus Priteca” – from your description – am slightly confused………..
I also found this: http://www.theutahtheater.com/
On the arts-info site I am trying to provide a record of Haunted Theatres (those with some Live Theatre activity past or present rather than those constructed and used for Movies only), and I am trying to add from as many sources as possible a “potted biography” of the venue concerned to give people a sense of the background against which any alleged hauntings have taken place – so a clarification of the above would be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Derry Barbour, London. UK
http://www.arts-info.co.uk