Ritz Theatre

225 W. Washington Street,
Rensselaer, IN 47978

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Previously operated by: Affiliated Theaters Inc. (Indianapolis)

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Planned as the Roxy Theatre, but opened in 1936 as the Ritz Theatre. By 1950 it was operated by Affiliated Theaters Inc. of Indianapolis, IN. It was closed in 1957. It has since been demolished

Today the former Palace Theatre built in 1928, operates as the Ritz Cinema (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).

Contributed by Ken Roe

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SethG
SethG on May 11, 2020 at 9:55 am

Address was 225 W Washington. This theater was located in the easternmost portion of the Nowel’s House block. Coincidentally, this section of the building housed an opera house on the third floor from at least 1886 to sometime before 1899. By 1921, it was a furniture store. The 1942 map shows nothing else in that section, so it’s possible it occupied all three floors. There was a large rectangular marquee extending the entire width of the theater frontage. Now replaced by a parking lot.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on June 27, 2022 at 6:17 pm

Closed In 1957.

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