DuBois Opera House

40 S. Grove Street,
Elgin, IL 60120

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 4, 2021 at 9:39 pm

This theater is listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory as the Grand Opera House, and the address is given as 40 Grove Ave.

BrendanM
BrendanM on February 2, 2007 at 4:16 pm

You are very welcome.

BrendanM
BrendanM on February 2, 2007 at 3:13 pm

Actually, when the original DuBois Opera House burned down in 1886, it was rebuilt using the same name but was later changed to the Grand. So the DuBois Opera House that I have listed and the Grand Theater are the same building.
I suppose I could have listed it as “The Grand Theater” but the reason why I chose to list it as the DuBois Opera House is because that is what most of the people in Elgin refer to it as.

I suppose it wouldn’t be a problem if this information was listed under the Rialto, but I still think it would be better to leave it as is since it is a different building.

BrendanM
BrendanM on February 2, 2007 at 10:50 am

I wouldn’t think that this building would be listed under the Rialto because the DuBois was a totally different building.