Home Theater
3749 W. 26th Street,
Chicago,
IL
60623
3749 W. 26th Street,
Chicago,
IL
60623
No one has favorited this theater yet
Additional Info
Previously operated by: Schoenstadt
Architects: David Saul Klafter
Functions: Office Space
Previous Names: Praga Theater
Nearby Theaters
The Home Theatre was in operation from 1912 until 1948. It was renamed the Praga Theatre in 1950 and finally closed in 1954. It is now an attorney’s office.
A similar theater, the Avers Theater, was located one block west.
Contributed by
BWChicago
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.
Recent comments (view all 5 comments)
The roof of the Home Theatre collapsed on December 9, 1912, not long after it had opened. A year later, architect David Saul Klafter was cleared of charges stemming from the event, as told in the trade journal The Motion Picture world of January 10, 1914.
I’ve discovered that it was a different house called the Home Theatre that partly collapsed in 1912. A brief mention of the event in the December 20 issue of Chicago Commerce says that the collapse of the roof had taken place at the Home Theatre on Milwaukee Avenue. That means it must have been the house that later became the Wicker Park Theatre.