Wabash Theater
1838 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60616
1838 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60616
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Originally opened in 1887 as Baker’s Theater, it had many names over the years: Havlin’s(1889), Tivoli(1896), Adelphi(1898), Columbus(1901) and closed under this name in 1909.
It re-opened as the Wabash Theater in 1914 and continued as a movie theater until closing in 1943.
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A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Wabash Theater in 1924.
This portion of an article from the November 11, 1888 Chicago Tribune talks about Baker’s Theatre:
BAKER’S NEW THEATRE
Wabash Avenue Place of Amusement Nearing Completion. A House That in Point of Attractiveness Promises to be Second to None in the Country.
Although all the down-town theatres may literally be said to be on the South Side, the residence portion of that section of the City has hitherto been exceptionally backward in the matter of a place of amusement. Baker’s theatre, on Wabash avenue below Eighteenth street, which is now nearly completed, will be welcomed by South Side people…