Orpheum Theatre

SE First Street & Locust Street,
Evansville, IN 47708

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rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on July 31, 2012 at 1:52 pm

The People’s Theatre is listed under Evansville in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. Thomas J. Groves was Mgr; the seating capacity was 1,426. The proscenium opening was 32 feet wide X 26 feet high, and the stage was 36 feet deep. The theater was on the ground floor and had electric illumination. There were no less than 5 daily newspapers and 4 hotels for show folk. There was also a Grand Theatre in Evansville which had 1,899 seats. The 1897 population of Evansville was 65,000.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 31, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Historic Evansville says that this house opened as the People’s Theatre on November 7, 1892, was renamed the Orpheum in 1908, and burned to the ground in 1917.