The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-04
STATE STREET
GETS NEW THEATER,
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State of Michigan, in which the at
fractions are booked through the West
ern Managers Vaudeville association.
with headquarters at the Majestic the
alter in Chicago.
! Inc house will be modern in every
respect, ground floor with balcony and
gallery making the seat capacity /. 200
people. 1t will be finished in old gold.
white and red and will be complete in
every respect.
me new theatre win be open daily
and will give the theater-goers of
hammond and the Calumet region a
nrst-elass place of amusement where
they can feel safe in taking their
wives and children at all times. Mr..
Butterfield is expected in the city Aug.
10, when all arrangements will be
completed.
The above information was received
by the editor of THE TIMES this morn
ing and comes directly from w S. But
terheld, the general manager of the
blJou Theatrical Enterprise company.
mere is no question as to its au-
thenticity.
For some time THE TIMES has been
aware of the fact that negotiations
have been pending for the erection of
Hammonds finest theater The site of
the new play house is to be on East
state street on the north side of the
street on the property now owned by
DR.. T. E. Bell.
| The site of the new theater will be
where the blacksmith shop of Charles
Hensick, 23S State street now stands
1t will have a frontage of over fifty
feet and will be the most attractive
theater that has We tbeen built in the
Calumet region.
The building. which will be erected
will be devoted exclusively TO the the
alter. and will be of attractive design
Plans were prepared by the Reed
Bump Construction company and by a
Chicago architect. and the plans which
were finally accepted are as fine an ar
rangement of a theater as could be
devised.
The building will run up to a height
of two stories and will be of the style
of architecture which has been adopted
for building which are devoted ex-
clusively to theatrical purposes.
Arrangement of Theater.
On the main floor there will be a
wide entrance which will lead to
handsome foyer. In addition to the
main entrance there will be two en-
frances on either side of the main en-
trance which will lead to the gal
leries. The fact that these gallery en-
frances are wide and open directly
onto the street will insure the quick
emptying of the theater at all times
and will minimize the danger of
stamped in case of fire
There Will be provided a smoking
room for men and a retiring room for
women. These will be as up-t date,
complete and comfortable as money
can make them. and will be con-
venience that is not provided in any
of the local theaters at the present
time. -
In it's interior decorations the new
theater will be the most beautiful in
this section of the country and the
comfort of the patrons is considered
such an importan matter that the rows
of seats are to be set far enough
apart to allow the people to have three
inches more knee room" than they
have in any of the other theaters
Credit to DIR. Bell.
DR.. Bell has been working on the
proposition to locate a theater on this
site for several months. At times it
looked as though the deal could not
be put through, but finally all of the
plans have ben made, the deal has been
properly financed and all that remains
is to go ahead and build the theater.
With the success of this theater as
sured the business men on State
street are looking forward to a great
boom in their direction. They realize
that theater running every night
In the week will be a great magnet
for the attraction of trade. and it is
expected that people will come to
Hammond from every city in the re-
gion to find amusement and pleasure
great deal of credit is being given
DIR. T. Edwin Bell. who has at last
succeeded in locating the theater in
this city and 1t will be a monument
to his enterprise.
The other cities which have the
aters in the Bijou Theatrical Enter
prise company are Kalamazoo, Battle
Creek. Jackson. Flint and Port Huron.
Mich, and in Michigan City, Ind.