State Theater
530 S. Main Street,
Elkhart,
IN
46516
530 S. Main Street,
Elkhart,
IN
46516
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Opened August 8, 1940 with “That’s Right – You’re Wrong.”
Miller Theaters reduced the State to a second-run, discount $1.50 theater; it closed May 26, 1988 with “Salsa.” The State was ostensibly replaced by the three-screen, Miller’s Encore Park 1, 2 & 3 Theatres
It’s now called the Five Star Dive Bar. Still has the front facade, not sure what the interior’s like these days, but they do have bands play sometimes.
The June 9, 1951, issue of Boxoffice said that N.N. Bernstein, operator of the State, had closed the theater on May 26, with no plans to reopen. Bernstein closed three additional houses the same weekend, in Hammond, Indiana, and in Waukegan and Harvey, Illinois. He cited losses due to competition from television and drive-in theaters.
The item also noted that the State had been built in 1940, and had opened in August of that year.