Earle Theater
Main Street and E. 9th Street,
Rochester,
IN
46975
Main Street and E. 9th Street,
Rochester,
IN
46975
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The Earle Theater was the first moving picture theater built in Rochester, IN. It opened on June 22, 1907. The theater was named after its owner, Earle Miller. The Earle Theater had a short life. On October 15, 1908 it burned down and was not rebuilt.
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I don’t think the location is accurate. Comparing the 1907 and 1913 maps, the block of E 9th across from the courthouse looks nearly identical. Nothing is missing, one shed has been expanded. The other side of the intersection is the same.
This item is from a compendium of excerpts from newspaper articles about various Fulton County towns:
The 1907 (April) and 1913 Sanborn maps identify the building on northwest corner of 9th and Main as the location of the IOOF lodge, so we do have have the right location for the theater. It is clear that the building did not burn down, so obviously the theater simply got burned out.So the address was a bit wrong, because the Odd Fellows was at W 9th and Main. The correct address was either 828 or 830 Main. Since they say corner room, I assume that means 830. The building was a three story brick building, built sometime before 1885. It had a repulsive 1960s slipcover, and was torn down sometime around 2015. There’s now a sad little park there. The building definitely did not ‘burn down’. That seems to be a common exaggeration for older theaters.