Historic Architecture Downtown Richmond:
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Richmond Civic Theatre (RCT)
     Murray Theatre
1003 East Main Street

Beaux-Arts Commercial Style (1909)

Theatrical manager Omar G. Murray built this theatre in 1909, and it originally hosted vaudeville programs. In the 1930s, under new management, it was re-named the Indiana Theatre and showed mostly movies. In 1952, the ten-year-old Richmond Civic Theatre organization began leasing the building as its new home, and purchased the building in 1966. The Murray Theatre is a center of theatrical activity and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Photo: Murray Theatre, 1003 East Main Street, Richmond, IN

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Acknowledgments & Notices

Note: This is the web-based incarnation of a brochure originally published in 2010. While the history is still very valuable, other information may no longer be accurate. Information updated by WayNet will be listed in this orange color.

Original brochure produced by Center City Development Corporation.

Brochure Committee:

  • Lynn L. Johnstone
  • Greg Bottorff
  • Julie Dishman
Special thanks to:
  • Morrisson-Reeves Library Staff:
    • Sue King, Archivist
    • Doris Ashbrook, Reference Services
  • Wayne County Historical Museum:
    • Jim Harlan Director

This project was made possible by a grant from the Richmond Urban Enterprise Association.

**COPYRIGHT NOTICE** for Walking Tour Information: Published in March 2010 In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this article is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational or criticism purposes only.

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Did You Know?

John Finley, Richmond, Indiana mayor from 1852 until his death in 1866, wrote the poem "The Hoosier's Nest", which is often cited as the first written reference to the word "Hoosier".