| American Theater | |
| Designated Other1 Name: | St. Louis Landmark |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | STLL |
| Designated Other1 Link: | St. Louis Landmark |
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| Location: | 416 N. 9th St., St. Louis, Missouri |
| Coordinates: | 38.63°N -90.1928°W |
| Built: | 1917 |
| Architect: | Lansburgh, G. Albert |
| Architecture: | Beaux Arts |
| Added: | March 18, 1985 |
| Refnum: | 85000617 |
The Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, Missouri is a Beaux-Arts style theater, built in 1917. It was constructed by local self-made millionaire Louis A. Cella and designed by architect Albert Lansburgh.[1] The $500,000 theater opened on Labor Day, 1917, as a vaudeville house.[1] As vaudeville declined, it was sold to Warner Brothers in 1930, and served as a movie theater until it closed in the 1960s.[1]
In the 1970s, the theater was restored and renamed to American Theater [1] and was listed under that name on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In 1993, the rock band Phish played two concerts at the venue - one in April and the other in August - both of which were released in full on the band's 2017 live album St. Louis '93.[2] The theater was later sold to local businessmen Michael and Steve Roberts, who renamed it the Roberts Orpheum Theater. The Roberts brothers sold the theater in 2012, and it closed.[3] The Chicago developer, UrbanStreet Group, plans to restore the theater.[4]
The theater was closed in 2012. However, new owners, Jubilee Group, purchased the building in 2017.[5]