Per the Simpson County Historical & Genealogical Society Facebook page: “Johnny Knight did the paint job on the theater when Danny Collins reopened it in 1979.”
2 sided circa 1915 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung.
Address shows the pre-1921 Detroit street renumbering.
Shows how drastic the facade remodeling was.
1908 post card as Bijou Theatre added courtesy Walter Jung.
It shows how drastic the exterior remodeling was compared to the photos of it as State Theatre.
Grand Opening June 2nd 1917.
Grand Opening March 3 & 4, 1938, added courtesy of Simpson County Historical & Genealogical Society.
Post fire & roof collapse photos added credit & courtesy of Simpson County Historical & Genealogical Society.
1986 photo added courtesy of Amanda Brown Bowman.
Per the Simpson County Historical & Genealogical Society Facebook page: “Johnny Knight did the paint job on the theater when Danny Collins reopened it in 1979.”
1950s post card added courtesy John D. Ostrom.
2 sided circa 1915 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung. Address shows the pre-1921 Detroit street renumbering. Shows how drastic the facade remodeling was.
1937 post card added courtesy John-Marcus Murray.
1908 post card as Bijou Theatre added courtesy Walter Jung. It shows how drastic the exterior remodeling was compared to the photos of it as State Theatre.
Circa 1912 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung.
Circa 1909.
Circa 1940 postcard added courtesy Walter Jung.
1944 post card added courtesy John D. Ostrom.
3 post fire Winter 1968 photos added credit Paul Fogarty.
Circa 1910 postcard of interior added courtesy Walter Jung.
Ran across this link that says Ross Garver once ran the Dawn Theatre.
He was the father-in-law of Scat Davis.
https://www.hillsdalehistoricalsociety.org/scat-davis?rq=theatre
Update: May 16-29, 1980.
Update: May 16-29, 1980.
Photo added by KFD in 2018 shows the Didsbury burned down in 1974.
Mid `40s Flickr photo. Howard theatre in the background.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbernero/6812696443?fbclid=IwAR3nCKo5MF51cUotfG6cG8Qwc_m7cIcGpEjJkaumNtFvquII45lAfIxURNI
Doubled as Chicago’s Gate of Horn club for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
https://gregoryhilldesign.photoshelter.com/image/I0000z.n.2cpcOxE
This doubled as Chicago’s Gate Of Horn club for the film “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
https://gregoryhilldesign.photoshelter.com/image/I0000z.n.2cpcOxE
Over 12,000 have signed the below petition for Landmark Status.
https://www.change.org/p/west-chicago-savethecascade?recruiter=940638396&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&recruited_by_id=3f72d220-4058-11e9-8d12-1ff52169ae5d&utm_content=mit-14366008-10%3Av1&fbclid=IwAR3YC-Z79BTOwtpfnreTi4LbIk4hpbwnm6UAZcYDYLBleE-pmFFAgY8mSrQ
Fenray and other local theatre’s history with ownership in below link.
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohmfahs/fl2007c.pdf
Confirmed as Demolished, site is park space today. 1940s photo added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.
Two circa 1960 photos added credit History of the Ohio Valley Facebook page.