Mode Theatre
315 Washington Street,
Columbus,
IN
47201
315 Washington Street,
Columbus,
IN
47201
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1951 image added courtesy of Randy Shanks. Still open as a theatre with “Force Of Arms” on the marquee.
Circa 1955 photo added, of the Mode building as a shoe store. Courtesy of Randy Shanks. So it was closed by then.
December 3rd, 1937 grand opening ad in photo section. It opened on the next day.
A March, 2014, article about the Mode Theatre can be found on this page of the web site of The Republic, the local newspaper. No photos, unfortunately, but the story says that the Mode Theatre opened on December 3, 1937.
From the 1940s a postcard view of Washington Street and the Mode Theater.
Lying deep within a very large PDF document prepared for the NRHP is the information that the Mode Theatre, built in 1936, was designed by architect William Pereira. The document also says that the Mode was the town’s “…first taste of Modern architectural design….”