Neighborhood Visionaries: Linton And Fern Calvert Posted on April 30, 2012 by LISC Indianapolis Staff
It was a neighborhood institution: the crown jewel of the Indianapolis theater district. Built in 1928, the Fountain Square Theatre was a 1,500-seat motion picture with a stage that hosted vaudeville acts. But by the late 1950s, the theatre had been closed and gutted. For many years, the space housed a Woolworth store, which gave way to a Value Village thrift shop. Linton and Fern Calvert didn’t care about any of that. They were only interested in bowling. “We were running the duckpin bowling alley just south of Iaria’s on College Avenue, and we needed to expand to another location. We knew … Continued