Today, the Calumet Theatre is home to as many as 60 theatre-related events a year, with an estimated 18,000 people attending. Description The Calumet Theatre is a two-story Renaissance revival structure constructed from yellowish-brown brick. The building sits on a Jacobsville sandstone foundation, and has a copper roof with copper cornices. A porte-cochere covers one entrance, and a clock tower originally rising to include a bell) stands nearby. An illuminated marquee is at the Sixth Street entrance. The theatre itself originally held 1200 seats. With the closure of the 2nd balcony, and addition of the movie projection booth on the 1st balcony, the Theatre now holds 700 seats and features 5 fantastic murals on the proscenium arch. Ghost stories Some of the visitors to the Calumet Theatre hope to catch a glimpse of the reputed ghost of the theatre, Madame Helena Modjeska. The story of the ghost first emerged in 1958, when actress Adysse Lane claimed that the ghost of Madame Modjeska appeared to her during a performance when Lane had forgotten her lines. Since then, unexplainable happenings have occurred. Many people have heard music and felt cold air from nowhere. The Calumet Theatre was featured as a haunted location on the paranormal TV series Most Terrifying Places which aired on the Travel Channel in 2019. The segment showed how the town and the theater are connected to the Italian Hall massacre that killed 73 people on Christmas Eve at the nearby Italian Society Hall in 1913. References External links Official Website Theatres in Michigan Buildings and structures in Houghton County, Michigan Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Michigan State Historic Sites in Houghton County Tourist attractions in Houghton County, Michigan Theatres completed in 1900 Event venues established in 1900 Renaissance Revival architecture in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Keweenaw National Historical Park National Register of Historic Places in Houghton County, Michigan Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Michigan