Lexington Theatre
715 S. Pulaski Road,
Chicago,
IL
60624
715 S. Pulaski Road,
Chicago,
IL
60624
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Previously operated by: Cooper-Kirsch Theaters
Architects: Alexander L. Levy
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Located in the Garfield Park neighborhood on Crawford Road (later renamed S. Pulaski Road) at W. Lexington Street, near where the Eisenhower Expressway runs through today. The Lexington Theatre was in operation at least from the early-1920’s. It was operating into the early-1950’s. It was last part of the Cooper-Kirsch Theaters chain.
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The Kimball organ from this Theatre survives in a Chicago Catholic Church.
During the 40’s this theatre would give away free dinnerware plates (Smith Taylor brand) to the ladies that came to the show on certain nights.
The Lexington Theatre at 40th Avenue (now Pulaski Road) and Lexington Street in Chicago was listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory twice, once with that address and once with the address 715 S. Crawford Avenue, which was another aka for Pulaski Road. Another Lexington Theatre was listed at 1168 E. 63rd Street.
It seems quite likely that the Lexington Theatre on Pulaski Road was the project noted in the June 25, 1910 issue of The Economist, which gave the address of the site as 3952-4-6-8 Lexington Street. The two-story brick theater and store building, 121x84 feet, was designed for P. Schiavire & Son by architect Alexander L. Levy.