Lyric Theatre
209 W. Main Street,
Monticello,
IL
61856
209 W. Main Street,
Monticello,
IL
61856
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Previous Names: Princess Theatre
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The Princess Theatre was opened in June 1915. On July 1, 1922 it was renamed Lyric Theatre and closed on August 28, 1937 with “The Lawless Nineties”. It was demolished and a ‘new’ Lyric Theatre was built on the site.
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C. W. Joehrendt opened the new Princess Theatre in June 1915, in a building owned by James Piatt Kratz. July 1, 1922 the Princess re-opened as the Lyric Theatre.
In January 1924 W. C. Martin, conductor of the
Lyric theatre, died.
The old Lyric Theatre closed Saturday August 28, 1937.
Its final film was “The Lawless Nineties.”
The address of the Princess / old Lyric Theatre was 203 W. Main St., in the Kratz Building.
In August 1915 Robert Larmon became the sole owner of the Lyric Airdome.