Cassell Theatre
2544 W. Michigan Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46222
2544 W. Michigan Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46222
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There haven’t been any comments in a long time, so here’s an update: Google Street View indicates that the front of the building at 2544 W. Michigan had a lot of the indicators that suggest a small movie theater: Symmetrical facade consistent with 1938 styles; a filled-in center section to replace what could have been an indented lobby entry and/or ticket booth, etc. This facade, which was right on the sidewalk, was demolished sometime between 2011 and 2016. What remains is a large (definitely theater-sized) building set a few yards back from the street. Doors and windows on the King Street side of the building (address: 515 King Av.) are later additions. I’m of the opinion that this is the remaining portion of the Cassell Theater.
The Daisy Theatre was on a list of Indianapolis theaters that appeared in the November 25, 1916, issue of The Indianapolis News.
The Daisy was last known as the Cassell Theatre. Correct address is 2544 W. Michigan Street and the building is still standing.
The Daisy Theatre was remodeled in 1938 with plans by architect J. Lloyd Allen of Allen & Kelley (John R. Kelley.) The Drawings and Documents Archive at Ball State University has two sheets of preliminary plans and eight sheets of working drawings of the project.
I see a building at 2530 (bicycle shop) and a building at 2544-46, but there’s a parking lot in between them. Unless the addresses have been shifted, the Daisy Theatre has been demolished.
The Daisy Theatre was listed in Polk’s 1919 Indianapolis City Directory.
Doesn’t look demolished in that view, and it looks in decent shape. And the address fits perfectly.
Are you talking about this place here?
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From Google street views (2010) it looks as if this theatre is demolished.
This theatre is still standing vacant.