346--352 N. Neil St., Champaign, Illinois. County/parish: Champaign.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 28, 1991. NRIS 91000085.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Orpheum Theater opened in Champaign, Illinois in 1914 on the site of a vaudeville theater built in 1904. Designed by the architectural firm Rapp & Rapp, the Orpheum (also known as The New Orpheum) was built to accommodate both live vaudeville performances and the projection of film. After a series of renovations and changes of ownership, the Orpheum screened its final film in 1986.
Preserved from demolition in 1991, the Orpheum is now home to a children's museum, the Orpheum Children's Science Museum, and is undergoing restoration.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891826