Saenger Theater Traditional Cache
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This is an awesome historic site for our town. We are excited that both our 4 and 6 year old daughters will soon dance this historic stage! They LOVE caching and are excited to have a cache placed in thier honor. You're looking for a small magnetic container. The cache only contains a log so be sure to BYOP! As always... please hide the cache back exactly as you found it to help prevent it from being muggled. Also, be sure and use stealth as this is a busy area of downtown.
As a crown jewel of Hattiesburg the Saenger Theater is one of Mississippi’s few remaining examples of the movie-palace type. Built in 1929, the Saenger was originally a venue to show silent movies. It was constructed at a time when theaters were among the first public structures to benefit from air-conditioning systems. The theater boasts a 778-pipe Robert Morton Pipe Organ. It is one of the few Robert Morton organs in the United States that is still used in a theater.
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and renovated in 2000, the Hattiesburg Saenger Theater sits polished and ready to host a number of cultural events.
The Saenger Theater opened on Thanksgiving Day 1929 to much fanfare. The admission charge was six cents for children. One of the outstanding features was the organ, which was played before the beginning of a movie and then between shows. The theater organ sound, with its ability to mimic other instruments and create sound effects, differs from that of other organs, and today it still brings instant memories to those who heard it in the earlier years. The chandelier was something to behold in the small city of Hattiesburg. Some mothers admonished their children not to sit under it, as it might fall!
The Saenger closed in the late 1960s and was given to the city. The building saw occasional activity for a number of years. Mayor Bobby Chain, in the early 1980s, with limited funds available, led an admirable renovation project, located the original organ in private ownership in Meridian, and had it repaired and returned to the theater. It is still played today. In 2000, a $3.75 million renovation was completed, restoring the Saenger Theater to much of its original grandeur. The Saenger Theater now presents a wide range of events and draws throngs of people downtown.
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