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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Ogden Standard Examiner, 12 March 1913, page 6
Scandinavian Play – The great Scandinavian drama, “Magdalena,” will be presented at the Rex theatre, March 13, by the Danish Glee club of Salt Lake. It will be given under the auspices of the Danish Brotherhood of Ogden. Special trains will handle the crowds expected.
Scandinavians had better secure tickets for “Magdelena” at the Rex, 25th St., for March 13. Tickets 50c, and reserved seats 75C. ADV.
