Lincoln Theater

A vintage postcard view of the Lincoln-Dixie can be seen here.

Opened as the Lincoln-Dixie Theater on 23rd June 1921 it featured both movies and vaudeville.

The Lincoln Theater was demolished in February 1972 after standing vacant for several years and suffering a fire which had gutted the interior.

Kimball Theatre Pipe Organ, Opus KPO 6537, a 2 manual/9 rank, was installed in 1921

Actually the Lincoln & Dixie Theatre opened on March 15, 1921. I have the original Kimball pipe organ in my home; I have owned it since 1967. It was indeed 9 ranks, but had a "straight" console and only 2 unified ranks - no so-called "toys". A xylophone was added in and a Kinura rank replaced the Clarinet in 1929 as part of a general building facelift. I have some rather dark slides or the interior from 1967. When I bought the organ the theatre was still being operated by the B&K "Great States" theatres. The manager had recently been transfered there form the Orpheum in Springfield, Ill. and was cleaning and re-lamping the interior. The final operator was someone named Cooper who also operated the 4-STAR (built as the WILSON) at Madison and Western in Chicago; these were "Porno" houses. Persons unknown hid out in the 4-STAR one night and proceeded to remove all the copper from the electrical equipment; the Lincoln & Dixie fire occured about the same time. Neither theatre opened again. Theatre Historical Society has some "opening" interior pictures and the Chicago Heights website has a picture of the exterior. That's it for now.

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Here is that second link again

The Lincoln is still shown in the theater listings I have for February 1970 from the Chicago Tribune (listed as the Lincoln Playhouse) showing an "Adults Only" double feature of "Surfside Love" and "Les Spy".