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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Illinois » Chicago » Archer Theatre

Archer Theatre

Chicago, IL
2008-10 W. 35th Street
, Chicago, IL 60609 United States
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Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Retail
Seats: 914
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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This Bridgeport neighborhood theater opened in 1910, located on 35th Street, near the intersection of Archer and Damen Avenues. The Archer was one of the many theaters of the South Side's Schoenstadt circuit.

The Archer closed in 1950. The building currently houses a restaurant and grocery supply business.
Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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This theatre is now i think a resturant sulpy store,on the front of the store if you look close you can see the theatre outline of whare the marquee was and whare the doors and the ticket booth stood.
posted by CHI74 on Feb 20, 2006 at 10:49pm
The earliest references I can find to the Archer in the Tribune are in January 1914. I do see a Grand Theater at 35th and Archer in 1912.
posted by BWChicago on Sep 4, 2007 at 1:36pm
An article in the Chicago Tribune, dated May 20, 1917 says that the Archer, along with the Boulevard and Halfield Theatres, all Schoenstadt movie houses, are being leased by Mrs. Leonore Van Ronkel (the headline reads "WOMAN LEASES THREE SOUTH SIDE THEATERS"). The Archer and Boulevard Theatres are being leased for ten years, while the Halfield is being leased for five years. The Archer Theatre Building is listed as containing two stores in addition to the theater itself.
posted by Bryan Krefft on Dec 20, 2008 at 11:11am
This was in Mc Kinley Park, not Bridgeport. Bridgeport is east of Ashland and this is on Damen.
posted by mfs3757 on Nov 7, 2009 at 8:01pm
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