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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Thorley Theatre to Close for Remodeling
Iron County Record, 15 August 1935, page 1
Mevlin R. Thorley, manager of the Thorley theatre, announces that following the show Monday night of next week the house will be shut down while extensive remodeling is being done. It is planned that the place will be closed for a period of 18 days.
Mr. Thorley will have extensive improvements and changes made in the front of the building, including the entrance and foyer. A complete change in the entrance will be made, new rest rooms will be arranged and new office space, as well. The remodeling program, it is estimated by Mr. Thorley, will cost approximately $2,500.00.
