Mars Theatre

11 N. 6th St., Lafayette, Indiana. County/parish: Tippecanoe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 26, 1981. NRIS 81000030.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Denis H. Long Center for the Performing Arts

From Wikipedia:

Mars Theatre

Mars Theatre is a historic theatre building in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1921, and is a four-story, rectangular, Georgian Revival style brick building, with limestone ornamentation and terra cotta panels. It measures 69 feet, 4 inches, wide and 141 feet, 4 inches deep. It was originally built as a vaudeville theater and sat 1,205 patrons. The building houses the Denis H. Long Center for the Performing Arts.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004905