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Boyce Block
- Address: 216 - 224 E Main St
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1880/00/00 | Lemuel D Grosvenor | Architect | Designed by Mr Grosvernor of Jackson, Michigan, the Boyce Block is built for James Boyce, businessman and leader of the city's commercial development. As the first major, modern commercial structure in Muncie, its one of the first to use gas. | |||
| 1885/12/19 | James A Boyce (Muncie, IN) | Owner | After building the first electric generating plant in Muncie, the Boyce Block and H Klein's Jewelry Store become the first commercial buildings in Muncie to be lighted by electricity. | Invention of Public Electricity Supply | ||
| 1890/00/00 | James A Boyce (Muncie, IN) | Owner | A fire destroys the inside of the Boyce Block, but James Boyce rebuilds immediately. | |||
| 1904/00/00 | Two west bays of the Boyce Block are converted into the Star Theatre. The vaudeville venue will be the first to have a fine ventilation system that is cleaned each morning, and a private vacuum cleaner which uses a compressed air process. | |||||
| 1910/00/00 | The Star is the first theater in Indiana to install the Von Duprin Safe Exit Device. Better known as a panic bar, the devise makes it easy to open locked doors from the inside. | History of Fire Safety | ||||
| 1930/00/00 | Affiliated with the National Vaudeville Managers Association, The Star host the very best performances during the vaudeville age until the late 1920s, then stood vacant until 1936. | |||||
| 1936/00/00 | The old vaudeville playhouse reopens as the Hoosier Theatre, providing both live entertainment and motion pictures. It will be a staple of Muncie's social life until 1955. |
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| Particulars for Boyce Block: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Business |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Level of Significance | Local |
| Area of Significance | Performing Arts |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Theatre |
| Historic use | Vaudeville Theatre |