Lerner Theatre

Lerner Theatre, also known as the Elco Theatre, is a historic theatre located at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. It was built in 1924, and is a two-story, reinforced concrete and steel, Beaux-Arts style building. The front facade features four Corinthian order columns, three freestanding urns, enriched cornice, parapet and frieze. The building is faced with terra cotta and has a lighted canopy projecting over the sidewalk. The auditorium features a large central dome measuring 30 to 40 feet in diameter. Built as a vaudeville theatre, by the late 1920s it had evolved into a motion picture palace.[2]^:2

Lerner Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Lerner Theatre, July 2010
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Location	401 S. Main St., Elkhart, Indiana
Coordinates	41°41′2″N 85°58′18″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924 (1924)
Architect	Lerner, Harry E.; Vitchum, K. V.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	80000036[1]
Added to NRHP	October 2, 1980

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is located in the Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-10-01. Note: This includes Bill Brown and Terry Hershberger (June 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lerner Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-01. and Accompanying photographs.