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Home » Leisure Venues » Theaters » Citywide Theater Index Citywide Theater Index Index sections: Early Nickelodeons | A-B | C-D | E-G | H-J | K-L | M-N | O-Q | R-S | T-Z | Suburban               Theater Location Built Opened Seats Present Condition Notes Evanston Coronet 817 Chicago 1936 2/19/37 700 Demolished 2000 - Evanston 1560 Sherman 1911 8/21/11 950 Remodeled into Valencia c Hoyburn 615 Davis 1914 12/16/14 800 Demolished c Main Street (New Main) 817 Chicago - - 800 Demolished, replaced by Coronet c,d Stadium 1716 Central - 1937 - Disused - Star 806 Davis - - 480 Became the Campus j,s Triangle Evanston - - - - j Valencia (Evanston) 1560 Sherman 1911 9/30/32 800 Demolished d Varsity 1710 Sherman 1926 12/23/26 2500 Retail stores c,d Vaudette Evanston - - - - j(1913) North Shore Alcyon Highland Park - - 861 - c,d Deerpath Lake Forest 1928 9/28 935 - c,d De Luxe Lake Forest - - 500 - c Niles Niles Center - - 250 - c,d Pearl Highland Park - - 750 - c Teatro del Lago Sheridan Rd, Wilmette - - 1180 - c,d Village 1158 Wilmette Ave, Wilmette 1914 - 654 - - Wilmette 1122 Central, Wilmette 1914 - 672 Movie theater d Northwestern Suburbs Des Plaines Des Plaines - - 940 - c,d Echo Des Plaines - - 650 - c,d Morton Grove Morton Grove - - 196 - d Pickwick 5 S Prospect, Park Ridge 1929 - 1540 Movie theater c,d Ridge Park Ridge 1924 - 1200 - d Oak Park Elmwood Harrison and Gunderson - - - - - Lake 1022 Lake 1936 4/11/36 1420 Movie theater - Oak Park (Lamar) 120 S Wisconsin 1913 10/20/13 800 Renamed 1930; demolished c Oakwyn Oak Park - - - - - Playhouse Wisconsin and South Blvd 1913 7/4/13 700 Converted to warehouse, 1918 - Southern 828 S Oak Park 1913 11/15/13 550 - c,d Town Roosevelt and Austin - - - - - Warrington 100 S Wisconsin 1902 - 1500 - - Cicero Annette 2337 S 52nd - - 800 Demolished d,j Cicero 5610 W 22nd - - - - - Clifford Cicero - - 400 - c,d Fourteenth Street 4914 W. 14th - - - - j(1913) Grant Cicero - - 325 - d,j Hawthorne Cicero - - 550 - c,d,j Lydia Cicero - - - - - Morton Park Cicero - - 299 - c,d New Hope Cicero - - 175 - c Olympic Roosevelt Rd - - - Movie theater c Palace 5225 W 25th - - 1200 Demolished c,d Villas 5603 W 22nd - - 750 - c,d Western Suburbs Berwyn 6404 W 22nd, Berwyn - - 1675 Demolished d Circle 7347 W Madison, Forest Park - - - - c DuPage Main St, Lombard 1928 7/26/28 1400 - f Elm 7540 W Grand, Elmwood Park - - - Demolished - Forest 7532 W Madison, Forest Park 1920 8/20 1500 Demolished c Forest Park 7322 W Madison, Forest Park - - 1400 - c,d Glen Glen Ellyn - - 900 - c,d Grand Wheaton - - 800 - c Hinsdale Hinsdale 1925 - 600 Closed 1999 c,d LaGrange 78 S 5th, LaGrange - - 1400 - c,d Lido 62 S 5th, Maywood 1925 11/25/25 1865 Demolished d Lil Forest Park - - 500 - d Maywood Maywood - - 700 - c Melrose Park Melrose Park - - 1000 - d Oak Berwyn - - 500 - d Parkside Lombard - - 300 - c Pioneer Dunning - - 300 - c Ritz 6334 W Roosevelt, Berwyn 1926 - 1500 Condominiums c,d Roxy Berwyn - - 800 - d Strand Lake and 5th, Maywood - - - - - Strand Brookfield - - 299 - c,d Tivoli Highland Ave., Downers Grove - - 1000 - d Villard Villa Park - - 800 - c,d Yale Maywood - - 300 - c York Elmhurst - - 1500 - c Southern Suburbs Grand 13112 S Western, Blue Island - - 680 - c Hegewisch Hegewisch - - 400 - c,d Homewood Homewood - - - - - Mayfair Clearing - - 250 - d New Lyric 12954 S Western, Blue Island - - 1200 - - Oak Lawn Oak Lawn - - 150 - d Northwest Indiana Calumet 5630 S Calumet, Hammond - - - - k Capitol Whiting 1922 3/1/23 1000 - - DeLuxe 589 Hohman, Hammond 1915 - 1150 - k Forsythe 4608 Forsythe, East Chicago - - - - k Hoosier 613 119th, Whiting - 1924 - - k Indiana 3458 Michigan, East Chicago - - - - k Oakwood Hammond - - - - - Orpheum 156 State, Hammond 1915 - 1000 Demolished k,r,s Paramount 5405 Hohman, Hammond - - - Demolished k Parthenon 576 Hohman, Hammond - 1921 - - Demolished Pasttime 165 State, Hammond - - 240 - k,s State 266 State, Hammond 1925 - 3165 Demolished r,s Gary Broadway 1648 Broadway - - - - k Family 557 Broadway - - - - k Gary 475 Broadway 1913 - 1142 Demolished k,r,s Glen Park 3833 Broadway - - - - k Grand 790 Broadway - - 800 - k,s Lincoln 2169 Broadway - - - - k Orpheum 801 Broadway - - - - k Palace 765 Broadway 1925 - - - k,r Plaza 1132 Broadway - - - - k Roosevelt 1446 Broadway - - 1000 - k,s Tivoli 820 W 5th - - 1500 - k,s Notes: (c) listed in The Film Daily 1929 Year Book; (d) listed in The Film Daily 1934 Year Book; (e) built/opened dates based on Billboard coverage of the event; (f) location based on Motion Picture News articles from the period; (g) opening date based on Motion Picture News coverage of the event; (h) seating capacity based on Motion Picture News articles from the period; (j) name and location based on Chicago Tribune theater listings; (k) location based on local telephone directories; (r) date built from Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps; (s) capacity from Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps; (t) date built derived from Cook County Assessor's Office records. Other Considerations: 1. Locations, years built and razed, and opening dates have been compiled from a variety of sources, including theater advertisements, city directories, and fire insurance maps. 2. Seating capacities have been compiled primarily from those listed in fire insurance maps. 3. The present condition of the theater is indicated only if known and independently verified. 4. This database is under constant revision; new or more accurate information is added as additional research is completed. Alternative Street Names: 12th=Roosevelt, 22nd=Cermak, Armitage=Center, Crawford=Pulaski, Evanston=Broadway, Grand Blvd=South Parkway=Martin Luther King Drive, Robey=Damen. Last updated: 31 July 2005 Suggested Reading · George D. Bushnell, "Chicago's Magnificent Movie Palaces," Chicago History 6 (Summer 1977), 99-106. · Ben Hall, Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace (DaCapo Press, 1988). · Lary May, Screening Out the Past: The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983). · Michael Putnam, Silent Screens: The Decline and Transformation of the American Movie Theater (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2000). · Robert Sklar, Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies (Vintage, 1994). · Maggie Valentine, The Show Starts on the Sidewalk: An Architectural History of the Movie Theater (Yale Univ. Press, 1996). 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