Boarman's Roxy Theatre
149 E. Main Street,
Shelbyville,
IL
62565
149 E. Main Street,
Shelbyville,
IL
62565
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Some of this history is inaccurate. The building was not built in the 1880s, it was constructed sometime between 1911 and 1922. The 1911 map shows the building that preceded the theater was only one story tall. Even that did not date from the 1880s, being constructed sometime between 1896 and 1906 to replace an earlier wooden building.
By 1922, everything from the theater down to the corner was a replacement. Perhaps there was a fire? The opening date is clearly also wrong, as the theater appears on the 1922 and 1933 maps.
1950 photo added courtesy Perk Wilson.
May 4th 1963 photo here. Copy & paste to view.
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The price has gone up to $4.00 but it is still well worth it. You can’t beat the concession prices! It’s fun to go to a theater that my Mom and Dad went to when they were kids.
When the theater was restored, brand-new seats were added to the small theater and the rows were spaced apart a little wider to give patrons more leg room. My cousin was a volunteer who screwed in the seats.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition gives a seating capacity of 496 for the Roxy Theatre.