Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1917 — New Theatre Is Planned By Mayor of Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

New Theatre Is Planned By Mayor of Lafayette.

Plans are being prepared for a new $150,000 theatre at Lafayette, which will be erected on the old Shearman property at Seventh and Main streets. Mayor Thomas Bauer is at the head of the movement and his plan is for ten business and professional men to subscribe SIO,OOO to a fund. This would bring the original amount up to SIOO,OOO, which would be ample to start the erection of the building. Leopold Dreyfus, who owned the Dreyfus theatre, which was destroyed by fire two years ago, has promised to contribute SIO,OOO. Lafayette has no legitimate showhouse since the destruction of the Dreyfus. The new structure will be fireproof in its construction and there will be office rooms in front.