Plaza Theatre
1723 7th Street,
Moline,
IL
61265
1723 7th Street,
Moline,
IL
61265
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The Plaza Theatre launched November 11, 1915 on the grounds of one of Moline’s four former airdomes. The opening film was “Doc” with Sydney Seaward. F.A. Lundahl & Son operated the theatre with its Powers 6-A projectors. The theatre discontinued ads after the June 27, 1927 showing of “The Sea Tiger” with Milton Sills.
Konrad Schiecke’s Historic Movie Theatres in Illinois, 1883–1960 says that the Plaza Theatre opened in 1915 and closed in 1929. This is probably correct, as the Plaza advertised in The Dispatch, Moline’s daily paper, in the early 1920s.
The book also says that the theater has been demolished, but from Google’s satellite view it looks like the auditorium is still there, but the original entrance building has been replaced by a modern structure.