Fargo Theatre

DeKalb, IL

643 E. Lincoln Highway

, DeKalb, IL 60115 United States

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Status:	Closed
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Unknown

Function:	Retail, Storage
Seats:	1200
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

Exterior view of the Fargo Theatre

Photo courtesy of Dave Wiegers

This theater's lobby is now a retail store while the auditorium is used as a warehouse. It is a sister theater to the Fargo (later renamed Geneva) Theatre in Geneva, IL, and it was also built and owned by Judge Fargo.

Contributed by Mark Gulbrandsen

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Also known as New Fargo. Part of the Polka Brothers circuit in the 1930s.

posted by BWChicago on Jul 29, 2005 at 7:14pm

At some point in the 1970s this was the Fargo Skating Rink...the rink was in the auditorium and the lobby was, well, the lobby. In the late 70s or early 80s, long after the rink closed, the lobby was home to a clothing store called The Fargo Theatre. When it was a roller rink, a friend of my brother lived in the apartment upstairs...I recall they owned a pipe organ (although I don't believe it was from the Fargo---I think they moved it there), and I think somewhere in the apartment was a window that originally opened into what was the auditorium.

posted by Darrel on Sep 25, 2005 at 4:00pm

Here is a January 11, 2005 article about this former theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 25, 2005 at 4:22pm

Opened Nov. 1929

posted by BWChicago on Sep 22, 2007 at 6:20pm

The marquee has been removed.

posted by ken mc on Jan 7, 2009 at 3:51pm

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