Orpheum Theater (St. Louis)

The Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, Missouri is a Beaux-Arts style theater, built in 1917. It was constructed by local self-made millionaire Louis A. Cella and designed by architect Albert Lansburgh.[2] The $500,000 theater opened on Labor Day, 1917, as a vaudeville house.[2] As vaudeville declined, it was sold to Warner Brothers in 1930, and served as a movie theater until it closed in the 1960s.[2]

American Theater
Location416 N. 9th St., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°37′48″N 90°11′34″W
Built1917
ArchitectLansburgh, G. Albert
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.85000617[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 1985
The Orpheum Theater in 1917

In the 1980s, the theater was restored and renamed to American Theater in the 1980s[2] and was listed under that name on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] In 1993, the rock band Phish played two concerts at the venue - one in April and the other in August - both of which were released in full on the band's 2017 live album St. Louis '93.[3]

The theater was later sold to local businessmen Michael and Steve Roberts, who renamed it the Roberts Orpheum Theater. The Roberts brothers sold the theater in 2012, and it closed.[4] The Chicago developer, UrbanStreet Group, plans to restore the theater.[5]

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. http://article.wn.com/view/2011/05/19/The_Roberts_Orpheum_Theater_a_landmark_to_St_Louis_vaudevill/
  3. "Phish to Release 6-Disc _St. Louis '93_ Live Album - Jambands". Jambands. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/print-edition/2012/11/23/new-owners-to-take-the-stage-at.html?page=all
  5. http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/chicago-developer-hopes-to-transform-vacant-roberts-properties/article_23c8f5c7-4479-5935-97d6-dbd1792902b9.html
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