Roosevelt Theater
4216 Vanburen Avenue,
East St. Louis,
IL
62202
4216 Vanburen Avenue,
East St. Louis,
IL
62202
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The Lincoln Theatre was an African American theater located in the Arcade Building. listed as for sale in 1936. The venue found a new operator who renamed it the Roosevelt Theatre in a July of 1937 relaunch. That proved to be short-lived.
The 1941 F.D.Y. lists the Roosevelt(455 seats). In the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as ‘Closed’ 455 seats.