Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — Wealthy Lafayette Man To Erect $100,000 Theater. [ARTICLE]

Wealthy Lafayette Man To Erect $100,000 Theater.

Lafayette, Ind., March 19.—Leopold Dryfuss, a wealthy meat packer of this city, announced tonight that he would built a new theater in Lafayette that will cost SIOO,OOO. Since the destruction of the Dryfuss Theater last March, Lafayette has had no legitimate theater. Dryfuss suffered a loss of $60,000 in the fire. He says he will build the new theater as a monument. The new playhouse will be one of the finest in the state and will be opened next fall. It will be erected on the site of the old one on Columbia street and only legitimate plays will be booked.