Princess Theatre
200 Market Street,
Colchester,
IL
62326
200 Market Street,
Colchester,
IL
62326
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Correct address would be 200 Market St. The Veterans Memorial is located there now. You can tell by the location of the water tower in the old photo that is still there today.
Princess Theatre #2 in downtown Colchester opened where the original had burned down. The 500-seat theater was a marked upgrade from its 250-seat predecessor and was a theatre that would have been befitting of a town four times larger than Colchester. Launching in April of 1926 with a Wurlitzer pipe organ, the Princess operated seven days a week and thrived until the TV era.
The Princess hung on just long enough to celebrate its 25th anniversary closing in the TV era. Used unceremoniously as storage for decades with its attraction sign used to advertise Shelor Mobile Homes, the long dormant theater would finally be demolished.
Here are some 1983 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/c9sov3
http://tinyurl.com/c8sun6
Opened in the 1920’s it closed in 1952 and was demolished in 2002.