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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Vernal to Have New Moving Picture Theatre
Vernal Express, 17 May 1945, page 8
Construction of a new motion picture theatre has begun at 66 East Main Street. The 50 ft x 140 ft two-story building will be of stuccoed cinder brick construction. The theatre, which will be on the street level, will have a seating capacity of 500. The second floor will be divided into several housekeeping apartments. It is expected that the theatre will open August 1. Deward H. And Alson A. Shiner are constructing the building and will operate the theatre and apartments.
