Fargo Theatre

643 E. Lincoln Highway,
DeKalb, IL 60115

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jwballer
jwballer on March 30, 2010 at 2:08 pm

A 2/10 Geneva was installed in the theatre.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 7, 2009 at 3:51 pm

The marquee has been removed.

Broan
Broan on September 22, 2007 at 6:20 pm

Opened Nov. 1929

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 25, 2005 at 4:22 pm

Here is a January 11, 2005 article about this former theater.

darrelmw
darrelmw on September 25, 2005 at 4:00 pm

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.

Broan
Broan on July 29, 2005 at 7:14 pm

Also known as New Fargo. Part of the Polka Brothers circuit in the 1930s.