Town Theatre
1029 N. Second Street,
Chillicothe,
IL
61523
1029 N. Second Street,
Chillicothe,
IL
61523
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While the opera house was originally 3 stories, by 1913 it had been cut down by ten feet, and the only three story building in town was the Santa Fe Club building, well out of downtown. The ground floor was a roller rink, and the opera house was upstairs.
This house is now billed both on its own web site and on various movie listing sites as the Optimist Town Theatre. The name on the marquee has not been changed, but there is a decorative piece on the facade above the marquee bearing the Optimist International logo.
This theater is being purchased by the local Optimist Club; details in this article: View link
Very cool that it still has the original marquee it looks like.
Here is a 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/czcwr6
THEATER FOR SALE $299,00
Here is a b&w copy of a 1995 painting by Davis Cone:
http://tinyurl.com/2knlek