Indiana Theatre

Built for the Circle Theatre Company at a cost of $995,000, the Indiana Theatre opened on June 18, 1927, as a first-run motion-picture palace with its own chorus line. Its house orchestra's vocalist, Dick Powell, later rose to stardom as a movie star and singer. The theatre's sixth-floor ballroom, designed to resemble the plaza of a Spanish village, opened on September 2, 1927. Preston C. Rubush and Edgar Otis Hunter, principals of the architectural firm of Rubush and Hunter, designed the Spanish-style theatre, which was built by William P. Jungclaus Company. Alexander Sangernebo, a multilingual Estonian sculptor who also taught at the John Herron Art Institute, designed and created the elaborate terra cotta façade. The Indiana Repertory Theatre moved from the Athenaeum Building to the Indiana Theatre in 1980, following $5,200,000 of Improvements and restoration.

Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana · United States