Monthly Archive: April 2021

Americana: Old Theatres of the United States

Columbus Ohio Palace Theatre

Palace Theatre – Columbus, OH

The Columbus Palace Theatre is located in LeVeque Tower, once known as the Union Citadel, the second tallest skyscraper in Columbus, Ohio, and built in 1927. The theatre, is a 2,695-seat restored movie palace designed and built in 1926 by the American architect Thomas W. Lamb. Today the theater functions as a multi-use performing arts venue owned by the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts. The theatre hosts the Ohio Symphony Orchestra, the Jazz Arts Group, and Broadway-related shows.

Palace Theatre - Louisville, Kentucky

Palace Theatre – Louisville, KY

Louisville’s historic Palace Theatre (theater), a building designed in the Spanish Baroque style, by John Eberson, in 1928.

The theatre has seen a number of famous musicians perform over the years, including Frank Sinatra, Dave Matthews, the Back Street Boys, John Mellencamp, Billy Ray Cyrus and Ray Charles.

It was added to the national register of historic places on March 28, 1978.

Capitol Theatre - Salt Lake City, Utah

Capitol Theatre – Salt Lake City, UT

The Capitol Theatre was built in downtown Salt Lake City in 1913, and initially served as a vaudeville house called Orpheum Theater. It host events produced by Ballet West, Utah Opera, and the Children’s Dance Theater. The Theatre seats approximately 2000, and was designed in the Italian Renaissance architectural style.

Spring Mill Pioneer Village – Mitchell – Indiana

Spring Mill Pioneer Village - Mitchell - Indiana

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The Spring Mill pioneer village was founded in 1814, to take advantage of water flowing from the surrounding Mitchell Karst Plateau that never froze, and in particular a spring originating in Hamer Cave west of the village that is the source of the creek that flows through the village center. The restored village contains 20 historic buildings, and originally included several gristmills, a wool mill, a saw mill, and a distillery. The surviving grist mill still produces corn mill to this day.

The park, at 1,358 acres includes a memorial to Gus Grisom, a famous NASA astronaut who was a member of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs, and a native of Mitchell, Indiana. There also a number of karst-related caves and sinkholes, in addition to Hamer, including – Donaldson (Shawnee), and Twin Caves. The latter is large enough to offer an underground boat tour during the summer months.

Part of the park preserves an old growth forest and is protected as part of the Donaldson Woods Nature Preserve.

Indiana DNR – Spring Mill State Park

Doorway Arch – Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption – Covington – Kentucky

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Doorway Arch of the St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, in Covington, Kentucky. The tympanum relief sculpture depicts Mary’s assumption into Heaven and was carved in 1914 by a local artist Clement Barnhorn.

The Catholic cathedral was originally constructed in 1895, with the portion containing the doorway arch added in 1910. The church’s design was inspired by both the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Basilica of Saint-Denis, in Paris, France.

Official Cathedral Website