Hoyne Theatre
2110 W. Roscoe Street,
Chicago,
IL
60618
2110 W. Roscoe Street,
Chicago,
IL
60618
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1923 Sanborn
1950 Sanborn
As does much of the description.
The first two comments actually refer to the Roscoe/Seeley theatre.
It also originally had a capacity of 650
In 1956 it was remodeled into quarters for the Shleswig-Holsteiner-Sangerbund club, one of chicago’s oldest german musical clubs.
The Hoyne theatre was also known as the Roscoe theatre and survivied into the 1950’s. I first dicovered it as a youngster in the mid 1950’s, but it was already closed by that time. Although I never saw the inside of the Hoyne/Roscoe theatre, I do remember its exterior was tiny. The ticket booth was located between the two sets of double doors constituted the entrance. While trying to located some pictures of other Chicago theatres via long distance, I talked to a woman who lived in what is now referred to as Roscoe village. She told me that the theatre hosted teen dances well into the 1960’s. There was a nice “soda shop” several doors from the theatre as well as an excellent German bakery.