Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah
C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911. The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies. It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.” At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall. In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.
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Jeanie's Smoke Shop has long history in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Tribune, 21 April 2006
Article Summary:
The Gem Theater was located in a sprawling masonry building on the corner of 200 South and State Street. Other shops in the building included Zion's Book Store, Tom's Barber Shop, the Crystal Lounge, and the Corina Cigars. Corina Cigars was forced to move after the real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased the entire block in 1960. A Carl's Jr. restaurant outlet and a large parking lot now occupy the site.
