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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Illinois » Princeton » Apollo Theater
Also known as Apollo Opera House, Apollo Hall, Apollo Theatre, Apollo Twin Theatre, Apollo Cinemas

Apollo Theater

Princeton, IL
455 S. Main Street
, Princeton, IL 61356 United States
(map)
815.875.1707
Status: Open
Screens: Twin
Style: Art Deco
Function: Movies (First Run)
Seats: 720
Chain: Independent
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Built in 1882 as the Apollo Opera House, this 720 seat venue turned to movies in the early years of the 20th century as the Apollo Theater.

During the 1920's, world-famous organist and Princeton-native Virgil Fox, whose parents owned the Apollo Theatre at the time, accompanied the silents playing there as a teenager. In the 1940's and 1950's, Bailey Enterprises operated the theater.

When the Apollo Theatre was run by GKC Theatres in the 1980's, it was twinned. Today, it is part of the Johnson Theaters chain, and shows first-run features.

Related Websites

Apollo Theater, Princeton (Official)
Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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The Apollo, as the Apollo Hall, is listed in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide under Princeton, Illinois. The seating capacity was given as 1,000. C.G. Cushing was Mgr. The proscenium opening was 25 feet wide x 18 feet high, and the stage was 30 feet deep. Ticket prices ranged from 25 cents to 50 cents. The theatre was on the ground floor and had gas illumination. Local hotels were the American House and the Powell House, and there were 3 weekly local newspapers, the Republican, the Tribune and the Record. Local railroad was the CB&Q. The population was 5,000.
posted by Ron Salters on Dec 18, 2006 at 7:59am
Here is flickr photo of the Apollo Theatre.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toby_d1/3210884989/in/pool-72675154@N00/
posted by Chuck1231 on Feb 7, 2009 at 5:05pm
1982 Photo

1984 Photo

1984 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on May 16, 2009 at 8:04pm
This is a 2009 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 5, 2009 at 8:23am
The Related Websites link above is not for this theater. Here is the Apollo Theater website.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 31, 2009 at 6:08pm
Another photo of the Apollo can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:43pm
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