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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Illinois » Mattoon » Time Theatre
Also known as K Theatre

Time Theatre

Mattoon, IL
1416 Broadway Avenue
, Mattoon, IL 61938 United States
(map)
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Deco
Function: Live Theater
Seats: 550
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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When the 1911 vaudeville-turned-movie house K Theater (named for its builder, Elmore Katz) was gutted by fire in 1937, it was entirely rebuilt in stunning Art Deco style, and renamed the Time Theatre.

It was operated by the Frisina Amusement Co. in the early 1940's.

Its glossy cream-colored glazed terra-cotta facade, with two bands of maroon colored tiles flanking the center panel, featured a V-shaped vertical sign with the theater's name on each side. The marquee, trimmed with multi-colored neon lighting, featured an octagonal-shaped clock with a band of steel behind it, very much resembling a wristwatch.

Below, the set of doors, with their semi-circle windows and curving stainless steel handles, looked like something from a luxury liner of the era.

This beautiful example of late Art Deco theater architecture stopped showing movies in the 1980's. In 2002, the theater was transformed into a concert venue/banquet hall, its landmark facade still in nice condition. This use lasted a couple of years before the building was closed again.

Recently, the Apostolic Center church of Mattoon has been using the former Time Theatre for presentations of Christian-themed live dramas.
Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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This theatre is one of the art deco theatres featured in Davis Cone's Popcorn Palaces on page 44. It caught my eye as it has a beautiful Time clock in the center of the marquee which is so unusual! Cone is the art deco painter who resides in Miami Beach FL.
posted by Patsy on Jan 13, 2005 at 5:42pm
There is a photo of the Time theater here:
http://www.cinemaphotogallery.com/photos/large/time.jpg
posted by Lost Memory on Apr 5, 2005 at 7:22pm
A small color photo of the Time Theater can be seen here.
posted by Lost Memory on Sep 20, 2005 at 1:55pm
It looks like the theater's website has taken a time out (no pun intended). Here are some photos:
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/10/mattoon2.jpg
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/10/mattoon3.jpg
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/10/mattoon1.jpg
posted by ken mc on Jan 25, 2006 at 4:46pm
Ken: This theatre is very unique and should be restored. I believe it is featured in Popcorn Palaces. The very talented photographer, 'agilitynut' has traveled around the country taking many wonderful theatre photos as I have emailed her from time to time.
posted by Patsy on Jan 26, 2006 at 5:31am
I have a disk with copies of some Davis Cone paintings (Popcorn Palace), in black and white, unfortunately. I also have some photos from Michael Putnam's book. I e-mailed management to see what the rules are on posting these, but if any CT denizen can give me the info I would appreciate it.
posted by ken mc on Mar 12, 2007 at 4:53pm
Here is the Davis Cone painting (original in color) dated 1983 from "Popcorn Palaces":
http://tinyurl.com/2rekst
posted by ken mc on Mar 18, 2007 at 9:53am
Here are 1983 photos. The second one is supposed to be 1987, but I doubt if the same film ran for four years.
http://tinyurl.com/coprxj
http://tinyurl.com/dlf3my
posted by ken mc on Apr 25, 2009 at 3:41pm
Here are more 1983 photos:

Photo1

Photo2

Photo3

posted by Lost Memory on May 18, 2009 at 5:43pm
I was in 5th grade at St Mary's School when the nuns took the school to see The Sound Of Music at the Time Theater in 1965. It was a memorable day not only to go to see a movie during school, but also we had a tremendous ice storm that night that closed school for 2 days! Glad the theater is still there and in good shape!
posted by BobZet on Oct 9, 2009 at 9:25am
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