Hoosier Theatre

For the theater in Hoosier Theater in Whiting, Indiana see Hoosier Theater Building

Old Hoosier Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hoosier Theater, Principal Facade
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Location	Cheapside and Ferry Sts., Vevay, Indiana
Coordinates	38°44′50″N 85°4′1″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1837 (1837)
Built by	Culbertson & Plew
Architectural style	Renaissance, Federal
NRHP reference No.	82000077[1]
Added to NRHP	March 1, 1982

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.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Vevay Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2007-07-29. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
3. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Fiddlin' Joy Sibey (October 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Hoosier Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01.