Rialto Theatre (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

The Rialto Theatre is a former movie theater in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The theater opened in 1924 as a 700-seat Streamline Moderne style theater. Built for $150,000, it "was considered one of the Midwest's most beautiful theaters."[1]In the 1940s, a balcony was added. It closed in 1989 and in 1993 was named by the city as a "locally designated historic district."[2]

A non-profit organization, The Reclamation Project, bought the Rialto in 2003 with the intention of rehabbing it at an estimated cost of $2 million. However, after being unable to raise the funding, the organization put the theater up for sale in 2015 for $249,000.[3]

References
  1. Rialto Theater - Ft. Wayne, IN
  2. "Rialto Theatre Ft. Wayne". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. Gray, Frank (December 9, 2015). "Rialto Theater up for sale". The Journal Gazette. Retrieved 12 January 2018.


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