ILLINOIS HISTORIC THEATRES
  • All theatres with website links and/or in bold purple type are active LHAT members.
  • Theatres are sorted alphabetically by city/town, then by theatre name.

Grand Theatre (Alton)
Built: 1920 Seats: 1,000

Paramount Arts Centre (Aurora)
Built: 1931 Seats: 1,888

Beardstown Opera House (Beardstown)
Built: 1872 Seats: 400

Orpheum Theatre (Champaign)
Built: 1914 Seats: 754

Virginia  Theatre (Champaign)
Built: 1921 Seats: 1,524

Arie Crown Theater (Chicago)
Built: 1960 Seats: 4249

Athenaeum Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1911 Seats: 925

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (Chicago)
Built: 1889 Seats: 3,700

Bank of America Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1906 Seats: 1,950

Bryn Mawr Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1910 Seats: 785

Cadillac Palace Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1926 Seats: 2,335

Chicago Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1920 Seats: 3,600

Civic Opera House (Chicago)
Built: 1929 Seats: 3600

Davis  Art Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1917 Seats: 1000

Ford Center for the Performing Arts/The Oriental Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1926  Seats: 2245

Merle Reskin Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1910 Seats: 1,400

Music Box Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1929 Seats: 850

New Regal Theater (Chicago)
Built: 1926 Seats: 2,300

Orchestra Hall (Chicago)
Built: 1889

Patio Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1927 Seats: 1500

Portage Theater (Chicago)
Built: 1920 Seats: 1,900

Uptown Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1924 Seats: 4,381

Vic  Theatre (Chicago)
Built: 1912 Seats: 1000

Miner's Institute (Collinsville)
Built: 1918 Seats: 1000

Raue Center for the Arts (Crystal Lake)
Built: 1949 Seats: 780

Fischer Theatre (Danville)
Built: 1884 Seats: 300

Lincoln Square Theatre (Decatur)
Built: 1915 Seats: 1200

Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb)
Built: 1928 Seats: 1400

Des Plaines Theater (Des Plaines)
Built: 1923 Seats: 800

Historic Dixon Theatre (Dixon)
Built: 1922 Seats: 960

Tivoli Theatre (Downers Grove)
Built: 1928 Seats: 1012

Wildey Theatre (Edwardsville)
Built: 1909 Seats: 325

Old Opera House (Ellisville)
Built: 1891 Seats:

York Theatre (Elmhurst)
Built: 1924

Farley’s Music Hall (Elsah)
Built: 1885 Seats:

Turner Hall (Galena)
Built: 1874 Seats: 635

Orpheum Theatre (Galesburg)
Built: 1916 Seats: 946

Lorraine Theatre (Hoopeston)
Built: 1922 Seats: 725

Bloomington  Center for the Performing Arts (Hudson)
Built: 1921 Seats: 1,200

Fox Illinois Theatre (Jacksonville)
Built: 1937 Seats: 600

Majestic Theatre (Kankakee)
Built: 1912

Watseka Theatre (Manteno)
Built: 1930 Seats: 350

Marion  Cultural & Civic Center (Marion)
Built: 1922 Seats: 1100

Momence Theatre (Momence)
Built: 1924 Seats: 350

Liberty Theatre (Murphysboro)
Built: 1913 Seats: 360

Normal Theater (Normal)
Built: 1937 Seats: 395

Cutting Hall (Palatine)
Built: 1928 Seats: 430

Fife Opera House (Palestine)
Built: 1898

Pickwick Theatre (Park Ridge)
Built: 1928 Seats: 1,400

Madison  Theatre (Peoria)
Built: 1920 Seats: 1500

Zoe Theatre (Pittsfield)
Built: 1950 Seats: 200

Apollo Theatre (Princeton)
Built: 1883 Seats: 720

Washington Theater (Quincy)
Built: 1924 Seats: 1000

Capri (Rocket) Theatre (Rock Island)
Built: 1940 Seats: 500

Coronado Performing Arts Center (Rockford)
Built: 1927 Seats: 2200

Phoenix  Opera House (Rushville)
Built: 1882 Seats: 200

Arcada Theatre (St. Charles)
Built: 1926 Seats: 900

Salem Theatre (Salem)
Built: ?

Elmo Theatre (St. Elmo)
Built: 1941 Seats: 300

Sandwich Opera House (Sandwich)
Built: 1878 Seats: 310

Portage Theater (Skokie)
Built: 1920 Seats: 1,800

Orpheum Theatre (Urbana)
Built: 1914 Seats: 800

Genesee Theatre (Waukegan)
Built: 1927 Seats: 2,500

Wheaton Grand Theater (Wheaton)
Built: 1925 Seats: 900

Woodstock Opera House (Woodstock)
Built: 1890 Seats: 420