Emma Parrish Theater

Built in 1905 as a saloon and hotel, this building was refurbished within the decade as the Magnolia Hotel and Theater, screening silent films and hosting vaudeville; it later showed feature films as the Florida Theater before closing in 1972. Donor J.J. Parrish gave $150,000 toward its 1980s restoration, and the theater reopened on September 21, 1984, renamed for his mother, Emma Parrish; it's now home to the Titusville Playhouse. Performers describe objects moving on their own in the attic, cold spots, and unexplained smells, and during a 2009 rehearsal for Chicago, crew members watched half a row of seats flip down on their own — attributed to an older gentleman said to make the attic his home.