Heart Theater
133 East Jefferson Avenue,
Effingham,
IL
62401
133 East Jefferson Avenue,
Effingham,
IL
62401
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An early example of adaptive reuse of an existing structure, the Heart Theater was built inside what had formerly been a garage and opened in 1941.
The theater originally contained 750 seats, but this number was downsized to 500 by Frisina Amusement Co. in the 1970’s.
The theater closed around 2002, reopened in 2003 and was closed again in 2007.
Contributed by
Paul Salley, Colby Higgs
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This is a 2009 photo.
Some 2009 photos of the Heart Theatre courtesy army arch.
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2010 photo of the Heart Theatre.
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Nice photos of the Heart Theatre.
Nice theatre,I hate small marquees on theatres.
I looked at the recent photos and was wondering if the pieces that were missing are vitrolite or terra cotta? I was by there in the Spring of ‘09 and it can’t remeber.Any other news on it?
Does anyone know who to contact about buying this cinema?
Travis518, if you’re still interested, contact Jeff Speer at the Effingham Remax office or one of his staff, they can probably give you the pertinent information. I’m a local photographer.
I was in Effingham to photograph the Heart Theater this past Summer and just got around to editing and posting my photos of her. Here’s a photo of the whole facade. You can see the rest of my shots adjacent to this one in my photostream.
Heart Theatre Facade