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.
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Paul Salley, Colby Higgs
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What I read online the reason the deal fell through was when the building was inspected by an building inspector for the buyer. Mold was found in the building. The inside of the theater would had to be gutted & rebuilt before the theater could be reopen. The seller had the possible buyers believing the theater building would be a turn key operation. The buyer who pulled out believed untill the building inspector gave her the bad news about the building. There wouldn’t be much worked involved before reopening the theater. So who ever buys the theater will have to plan on spending a large amount of money in redoing the theater besides the price they paid for the
building.
1983 Photo
1985 Photo
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?