Town Theater

Joe Vogel on November 1, 2021 at 8:37 pm

The April 23, 1921 issue of Moving Picture World ran this item:

“$50,000 New Athens House

“NEW ATHENS, ILL.-Peoples Co-operative Amusement Company has plans by Reister [sic] & Rubach, Murphy Building, East St. Louis, for one-story brick moving picture theatre and dance hall, 53 by 100 feet, with seating capacity of 650, to cost $50,000.”

The correct names of the architects are Frank P. Riester and Otto W. Rubach.