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- Coral Castle (Homestead, FL)
- Deering Estate (Miami, FL)
- Gulf Stream Hotel (Lake Worth, FL)
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum (Miami, FL)
- Hotel Redland (Homestead, FL)
- Miami City Cemetery (Miami, FL)
- Old Davie School Museum (Davie, FL)
- Pinewood Cemetery (Coral Gables, FL)
- Residence: MIA Airport Area (Miami, FL)
- Residence: Richmond West Area (Miami, FL)
- Seminole Theatre (Homestead, FL)
- Villa Paula Mansion (Little Haiti, Miami, FL)
THE SEMINOLE THEATRE
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
The Seminole Theatre is located at 18 N. Krome Avenue in Homestead, Florida.The history of the Seminole Theatre begins 25 miles North of Homestead. The Airdrome Theatre was located next to Burdines in Miami, currently Dadeland Mall. It was built in 1912 and its earliest use was as a hall to display a stuffed 55' long whale shark known as the "Big Fish". In 1914, the Airdrome Theatre began to show movies. In 1916, the theater was dismantled and shipped by train to Homestead, where it was reassembled on Railroad Avenue, currently known as Flagler Avenue.
After the move to Homestead, the name was changed to the Homestead Garden Theatre, where silent films were shown by owner Jim "J.W." English. In 1919 the name was changed to the Seminole Theatre. The original building is now known as the Landmark Hotel.
The newly rebuilt 2-story Seminole Theatre after the 1940 fire
The Seminole Theatre fire took place on March 8, 1940 and the property was destroyed, causing $35,000 in damage.
Fifty-two years later, in 1992, the destructive Hurricane Andrew unroofed the theater. The following year, the owners decided to donate the badly damaged structure to the city.
In May of 2014, Homestead citizens voted in favor of a $5 million bond to renovate the historic theater as a cultural arts center. After nearly 40 years, on December 12, 2015, the Seminole Theatre reopened its doors.
PRISM South Florida began investigating the Seminole Theatre in January of 2021.
* The official Seminole Theatre website
PRISM @ The Seminole Theatre Homestead | Investigations Promo Video
Promo video for the PRISM South Florida 2021 paranormal investigations of the Seminole Theatre in Homestead, Florida.
PRISM @ The Seminole Theatre Homestead, FL | February 10, 2021
Paranormal Research & Investigative Studies South Florida (PRISM) conducted a second investigation of the Seminole Theatre in Homestead, Florida on the night of February 10, 2021. In this video 3D spectrograms are used to analyze the over 40 electronic voice phenomena (EVP) audio clips recorded at the Seminole Theatre by PRISM founder David Pierce Rodriguez. Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) are unexplained voices captured on audio recording, allegedly paranormal in nature.
Special thanks to the Seminole Theatre and Executive Director Katherine Rubio for inviting us to investigate this historic property.
PRISM @ The Seminole Theatre Homestead, FL | January 15, 2021
Paranormal Research & Investigative Studies South Florida (PRISM) conducted an investigation of the Seminole Theatre in Homestead, Florida on the night of January 15, 2021. In this video 3D spectrograms are used to analyze the 32 electronic voice phenomena (EVP) audio clips recorded at the Seminole Theatre by PRISM founder David Pierce Rodriguez. Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) are unexplained voices captured on audio recording, allegedly paranormal in nature.
Special thanks to the Seminole Theatre and Executive Director Katherine Rubio for inviting us to investigate this historic property.
