Majestic Theatre
458 Connecticut Street,
Gary,
IN
46402
458 Connecticut Street,
Gary,
IN
46402
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The theater was leased to F&H Amusement for five years. Unless terminated early the five-year term would have run until March 15, 1914. It seems likely that the Majestic Theatre closed in 1914 after which it became a skating rink.
The Casino skating rink mentioned in the Overview was a wooden structure that burned to the ground on December 7, 1908. It was owned by Young & Vossler, a local real estate business, and Dr. C.H. Long. Young & Vossler and Long erected a new brick edifice on the same site that became the first building in the city to be constructed as a theater. The resulting Majestic Theatre opened March 15, 1909, to a sold-out audience of local dignitaries. The Majestic Theatre was leased to the F&H Amusement Company and operated by a veteran F&H manager who was transferred to a new post on January 1, 1910. V.U. Young, of the Young & Vossler real estate concern, began managing the Majestic Theatre on January 2, 1910. Young would build, own and/or operate theaters for the next 38 years.