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Columbus Theater
6238 S. Ashland Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60636
6238 S. Ashland Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60636
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Previously operated by: Ascher Brothers Inc.
Architects: Henry L. Newhouse
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The 1,500-seat Columbus Theater opened December 18, 1915, on S. Ashland Avenue near West 63rd Street, in the West Englewood neighborhood. It was built for the Ascher Brothers circuit and was equipped with a large pipe organ. The Columbus Theater had a fairly brief career, since it was closed in 1926. It has long ago been torn down.
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Was this ever known as the Hippodrome Theatre?
I have an ad from March 1915 for the Hippodrome with the location given as 63rd and Ashland—-no actual address.
This document, which is lengthy, concerns the “Four Minute Men”, which was a group of WWI-related speakers in 1919. If you scroll down about halfway, there is a list of supporting theaters in Chicago, including addresses. The Columbus is on the list. It’s an interesting roster if you’re looking for any theaters around that time.
http://tinyurl.com/awpdpp
The January 1, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World ran the following item about the Columbus Theatre:
The Columbus was noted for its diagonal auditorium, with the screen in one corner, similar to the Town/Park West. After the Columbus was closed in 1926 in favor of Ascher’s West Englewood, the building was remodeled into Queen Recreation Parlor, three floors of billiards & bowling.
Queen Recreation lasted until at least 1962.
Here is a description of the Columbus Theatre from an article about the Ascher Bros. chain in Moving Picture World of March 10, 1917: