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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Salt Lake Tribune, 11 November 1928, page 10
Moving Picture Theater: Newly decorated; going fine; at 207 So. State St. Will sell very reasonable for cash, or trade for home. Must sell, account other business taking all my time. This is a real money-maker and will pay you to see it. Call WAS 6530 after 11 A. M.
