Avon Theatre
525 N. Second Street,
Breese,
IL
62230
525 N. Second Street,
Breese,
IL
62230
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The historic Avon Theatre, in downtown Breese on Second Street near Main Street, was for many decades a popular movie house which, in its last years of operation, switched seasons with the Avon Drive-In (which has since been demolished).
Since 1996, the Avon Theatre has been home to the Clinton County Showcase, which features live theater and musical presentations on stage, and since late-2010, has been screening movies.
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The 1945 FDY shows seating for 375 at the Avon. Another Breese movie house, the Star (no address given) is shown as closed with seating for 250.
This is what the Avon Theater looks like.
Here is a 1976 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cclkv3
The Drive-In Theatre near the intersection of Rt50 and St. Rose road was replaced by the large Breese Journal Building.
Nice looking small theatre.
This theatre has begun showing films again. Last week (11/26/2010) they showed Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and the theatre was roughly 2/3 full according to the local paper.
Opened as the Grand Theatre in 1914:
http://www.breesehistoricalsociety.org/Panel 3 Pics/a7.html
Here is a fresh link to the photo RoadsideArchitecture linked to.
The July 4, 1914, issue of The Moving Picture World said “W. V. Schmidt will be manager of the new Grand moving picture theater which is nearing completion at Breese. The house will seat 450 persons.”