Lerner Theatre
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Lerner Theatre
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Lerner Theatre, July 2010
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| Location | 401 S. Main St., Elkhart, Indiana |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Lerner, Harry E.; Vitchum, K. V. |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP Reference # | 80000036[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 2, 1980 |
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
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is located in the Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District.
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- Historic district contributing properties in Indiana
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- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Indiana
- Theatres completed in 1924
- Buildings and structures in Elkhart, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Elkhart County, Indiana
- 1924 establishments in Indiana
- Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs
