Sycamore State Theater
420 W. State Street,
Sycamore,
IL
60178
420 W. State Street,
Sycamore,
IL
60178
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The State Theatre opened in 1925 as the Fargo Theatre and once contained a 60-foot-screen. The State Theatre was closed in the 1970’s and became a church.
It became a theater once again in the late-1980’s and was completely renovated by a private individual with the desire to run films and have live musical entertainment. The idea collapsed quickly and the theater remained closed in spite of having just been completely renovated.
About a year later, Main Street Theatres bought and reopened the State Theatre after splitting the main floor into two theaters. A year later, the stage was converted into a third screen and the now triplexed theater still shows first run films today.
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Mark Gulbrandsen
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A Geneva theater organ was installed in the Fargo Theater in 1924. Note: Later moved to Fargo Theater Geneva, Illinois.
Former Geneva Mayor (1903-04, 1907-10) and State Representative (1910-1912) Henry B. Fargo died in 1932, so it must have been sold by his estate if the sale took place in 1940. The Sycamore State’s web page is http://sycamoremovietheater.com/default.aspx
This is a recent photo of the State Theater.
Here is a circa 1927 postcard view of the Fargo Theater.
Here is a February 2007 photo:
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Here’s one of my recent pictures of the State/Fargo Theatre:
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2009 photo of the State Theatre.
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A 3m Geneva was installed in the theatre in 1925
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I just shot a couple of pictures of the State while on the way through Sycamore at sunset yesterday. Here are links to them:
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Theatres are one of my photographic ‘collections’; I have a bunch more to post when I get the time.