Behind the Scenes
I've always had an infatuation with the Indiana Theatre. Last night, I went 'behind the scenes' after hours on a tour. It fascinates me even more so now. In 1920, Theodore W. Barhydt sold the Hippodrome Theatre(located at 727 Ohio Street) and founded the Indiana Theatre Corporation. Mr. Barhydt was a prominent Terre Haute business man with ties to the Terre Haute House, Grand Opera House, Varieties Theatre, and the Hippodrome. The Hippodrome still stands today. It is now the home of the AASR . The Hippodrome as it stands today. It is the oldest remaining vaudeville theater in America. It was built at the cost of $100,000 The John Schumacher Company of Indianapolis was the builder. Cost of Construction was $1,000,000 in 1922 dollars. That would be roughly $13,671,965.32 today. Construction consisted of: 1,665,000 bricks 7,250 yards of excavation 24.500 square feet of cement floor 283 tons of steel all fabrication and plaster work were prepa