Fargo Theatre
643 E. Lincoln Highway,
DeKalb,
IL
60115
643 E. Lincoln Highway,
DeKalb,
IL
60115
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This theater’s lobby is now a retail store while the auditorium is used as a warehouse. It is a sister theater to the Fargo (later renamed Geneva) Theatre in Geneva, IL, and it was also built and owned by Judge Fargo.
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Also known as New Fargo. Part of the Polka Brothers circuit in the 1930s.
At some point in the 1970s this was the Fargo Skating Rink…the rink was in the auditorium and the lobby was, well, the lobby. In the late 70s or early 80s, long after the rink closed, the lobby was home to a clothing store called The Fargo Theatre. When it was a roller rink, a friend of my brother lived in the apartment upstairs…I recall they owned a pipe organ (although I don’t believe it was from the Fargo—-I think they moved it there), and I think somewhere in the apartment was a window that originally opened into what was the auditorium.
Here is a January 11, 2005 article about this former theater.
Opened Nov. 1929
The marquee has been removed.
A 2/10 Geneva was installed in the theatre.