Princess Theater

~Princess Theater~

The Princess Theater located at 116 E. Lafayette was built in 1916. Closing after the third business persons and idle for two years, the community came together and purchased the building, restored it and now has movies on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and special movies by request. It has received numerous awards and publicity from all over the US because of its uniqueness. There are 147 investors who volunteer at the operation. For movie titles, call 217-322-2722, inquiries and messages may be left.

(Princess Theater, Rushville, IL)
(from www.rushville.org)

The building first opened as the Princess Theatre on 12th May 1917, replacing an earlier theatre that was destroyed by fire in 1916.

In 1924 a 2Manual/5Rank Hinners organ was installed and one of the organists was bob Moore, who in later years worked for Balaban & Katz in Chicago playing organ in the Tivoli, Southtown and other theatres.

Also in 1924 the theatre was re-named Lloyd Theatre. The Lloyd was refurbished in 1974 when a new screen was erected, new carpets fitted, new stage drapes installed and a new marquee fitted to the facade. It continued as a movie theatre until 1993 when it closed. The theatre was remodeled and re-opened by the current management as the Princess Theatre in 1995.

Here is a recent article about the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/3b7f5m

This is a photo of the Princess Theater.

Here is another photo of the Princess.