Old Hoosier Theatre

Cheapside and Ferry Sts., Vevay, Indiana. County/parish: Switzerland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 01, 1982. NRIS 82000077.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Old Theatre Building

From Wikipedia:

Hoosier Theatre

The Hoosier Theatre is a 225-seat historic theatre located at 209 Ferry Street in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana. It was built in 1837 as a warehouse and store to serve the town's large Ohio River traffic. Over the years it has housed a saddlery, the local post office, a tavern, the offices of the Vevay Newspaper, and a theatre, which it became in 1926. It was abandoned in 1955 and sat vacant until 1983, when Historic Vevay, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation was formed to purchase and restore the building. It re-opened in 1987 and continues to operate.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004844

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