Mars Theatre | |
Location | 11 N. 6th St., Lafayette, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°25′6″N 86°53′25″W / 40.41833°N 86.89028°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1921 |
Architect | Nicol, Scholer, & Hoffman; Kemmer Construction Co. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 81000030[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 26, 1981 |
Mars Theatre is a historic theatre building at Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1921, and is a four-story, rectangular, Georgian Revival style brick building, with limestone ornamentation and terra cotta panels. It measures 69 feet, 4 inches, wide and 141 feet, 4 inches deep. It was originally built as a vaudeville theater and sat 1,205 patrons.[2]: 2–3 The building houses the Denis H. Long Center for the Performing Arts.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]