McLean Theatre
Eastside Square,
McLeansboro,
IL
62859
Eastside Square,
McLeansboro,
IL
62859
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This building has been demolished. It is now a vacant lot.
The McLean theater was re-opened in the 1980’s for a few years. I’m going to say 1982-1988 or thereabouts. It was my first job, working concessions in 1984. The manager at that time was Tracey Webb; after I left the job to go to college in the fall of 1985 I didn’t keep up with the place, but I think it stayed open another three years or so before Tracey closed it. After that it was a furniture showroom for a long time, and now I think the entire building is gone and the lot is a car dealership lot.
The last time I saw the McLean (maybe 2003 or so), all of the “fancy” seen on the ‘43 postcard was gone—marquee, Vitrolite, neon, etc.—and it was barely recognizable as a former movie theater. The interior was stripped down to the outer walls, and there were gaping holes in the roof. This one’s finished.
A seating capacity of 500 is given in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.