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Orpheum Theatre and Site (a.k.a. Majestic Theatre) - Dubuque, IA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
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Orpheum Theatre and Site (a.k.a. Majestic Theatre) - Dubuque, IA
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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cldisme
N 42° 29.846 W 090° 39.983
15T E 691756 N 4707646
Built in the 1910's, the now-Five Flags Civic Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Waymark Code:
WM4M2D
Location:
Iowa, United States
Date Posted:
09/04/2008
Published By:
S5280ft
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After a devistating fire destroyed the old Bijou Theater in 1910, the Majestic Theater was designed and built by C.W. and George L. Rapp shortly thereafter.
In 1933 it was renamed as the Orpheum Theater. As time progressed, the building fell into disrepair to the point it was slated for demolition in 1969.
A grassroots civic group gathered support to save the building from destruction. The group purchased the building and restored and enhanced the old theater as a civic center which reopened in 1979 as the Five Flags Civic Center.
It is so named for the five flags that have flown over Dubuque:
· Fleur de Lis of Imperial France (1673-1763)
· Royal Flag of Spain (1763-1803)
· Union Jack of England (1780)
· French Republic Flag of Napoleon (1803)
· Americian Stars and Stripes (1803-Present)
Inside there are two meeting rooms one named the Orpheum Room and the other the Majestic Room.
Street address:
405 Main Street
Dubuque, IA USA
52011
County / Borough / Parish:
Dubuque County
Year listed:
1972
Historic (Areas of) Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance:
1900-1924
Historic function:
Recreation And Culture
Current function:
Recreation And Culture
Primary Web Site:
[Web Link]
Secondary Website 1:
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Privately owned?:
Not Listed
Season start / Season finish:
Not listed
Hours of operation:
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Secondary Website 2:
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