Original Oil Painting Back at the Park Theatre
Article and Photos by Bryce Mayer
North Vernon Plain Dealer & Sun
Hulda Reichenbach kept pinching herself to make sure she wasn’t dreaming.
Park Theatre’s History Hearkens Back to Oct. 4, 1916
From North Vernon Sun special section
by Barbara King & Bryce Mayer
It was March 15, 1825, that the property known as the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 34 in township seven, north of range eight east containing 80 acres was transferred from the United States to John Newland.
Community Celebrates Park Theatre’s Re-Opening
From North Vernon Sun special section
by Barbara King & Bryce Mayer
Intrepid group persevered despite overwhelming odds
Wonderful Memories of Park Theatre by Bryce Mayer
From North Vernon Sun special section
Sept. 23, 2003
by Bryce Mayer
“The Last Picture Show” is one of my all-time favorite movies. The Peter Bogdanovich-directed film is built around the closing of a movie house in a small Texas town in the 1960s.
Timeline of Park Theatre Renovation
From North Vernon Sun special section
Sept. 23, 2003
1987—The Jennings County Players agree to pursue the old Park Theater in downtown North Vernon as a home to the community theater.

