Sharon Theatre
149 S. Washington Street,
Bunker Hill,
IL
62014
149 S. Washington Street,
Bunker Hill,
IL
62014
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The Sharon Theatre was opened on October 6, 1949. It was taken over by Wehrenberg Theatres in the late-1970’s and closed as an independently operated theatre in 1981 The former Sharon Theatre is now home to an auto parts store.
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Bryan Krefft
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My parents owned and operated this theater until it closed. Great memories.
The October 8, 1949 issue of Showmen’s Trade Review said that the house had been opened by owner Tom Baker on October 6.
A December 11, 1948 Boxoffice item noted that work had begun on Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baker’s new, 500-seat theater at Bunker Hill, Illinois. The Bakers' earlier house, the 350-seat Lincoln Theatre, had been “blown over” by a tornado on March 19, though “[l]ater it was righted and repaired, reopening for business in May.” The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory lists only a house called the Lyric Theatre at Bunker Hill, and the 1926 FDY has only a theater called the Opera House. No details were provided for either, so there are no clues if either was the Lincoln under earlier name.