Morris Performing Arts Center is a 2,564-seat concert hall located in South Bend, Indiana. It opened in 1922 as a vaudeville house and later became a movie palace. It was developed along with the neighboring Palais Royale Building by the Palace Theater Corporation. It is a four- to five-story, rectangular, Spanish Renaissance Revival style brick building with fin…
Morris Performing Arts Center is a 2,564-seat concert hall located in South Bend, Indiana. It opened in 1922 as a vaudeville house and later became a movie palace. It was developed along with the neighboring Palais Royale Building by the Palace Theater Corporation. It is a four- to five-story, rectangular, Spanish Renaissance Revival style brick building with finely crafted terra cotta ornamentation. It was planned for demolition in 1959 but was saved from demolition, and between 1998 and 2000, it was restored and remodeled.
Owner: City of South Bend
Capacity: 2,564
Opened: 1922
Architect: J.S. Aroner; Ralph Sollitt Co.
Architectural style: Spanish Renaissance Revival
Former names: Palace Theatre · Morris Civic Auditorium
Address: 211 N. Michigan St. · South Bend, Indiana · United States
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