Grand Opera House
13114 S. Western Avenue,
Blue Island,
IL
60406
13114 S. Western Avenue,
Blue Island,
IL
60406
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The Grand Opera House in Blue Island, which was built during the 1890’s, stands at Western Avenue near Grove Street. After a fire in 1924 caused extensive damage, the Grand Opera House was rebuilt and became a movie house, though by then, the Lyric Theater, which opened not far away on Western Avenue in 1917, had become the city’s main movie house. Eventually the Grand Opera House began to show B-grade fare, while the Lyric Theatre was a first-run house.
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A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Grand Theater in 1926.
This is a 1908 potcard view of the Blue Island Opera House.
Here is a September 1925 ad from the Alton Evening Telegraph:
http://tinyurl.com/qjgfws
The address listed above must be incorrect. 13115 is the Cyprus Long Bar and is across the street. The Opera House should be an even number.