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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New Uintah Theatre
Vernal Express, 9 August 1912, page 1
The management of the New Uintah Theatre wish to announce to the public that the theatre will continue with a new and highly approved line of pictures. Changes of pictures are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights. Mr. T. Q. Logan, the owner and manager, promises to give to the patrons at all times, an entertainment well worth more than the price of the ticket. Everybody welcome.