Avalon Theatre
716 11th Street,
Lawrenceville,
IL
62439
716 11th Street,
Lawrenceville,
IL
62439
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Nice looking building, still there, but it’s now office space. At least it’s still standing!
1958 photo added credit Curtis Alan Stoltz.
The April 5, 1924 issue of The Reel Journal said that the Avalon Theatre in Lawrenceville, Illinois had opened on Monday, March 17 with “Scaramouche” as the feature film.
The Frisina circuit operated the Avalon under lease from 1936 until 1956, at which time they bought the building and undertook extensive renovations. The house continued in operation until November, 1978, when it closed with a showing of “Grease.” Frisina then sold the building to the Golden Rule Insurance Co., who remodeled the building for its offices.
Google’s camera car didn’t travel along 11th Street. The Avalon Theatre is the middle building of the five facing 11th (the lowest one.) The State Theatre was in the first.
The May 21, 1936, issue of The Film Daily said that the Avalon Theatre in Lawrenceville, Illinois, had been transfered to D. Frisina by Mrs. Hurley Gould.
This weblog post from the Lawrence County Historical Society is titled Hurley Gould – Moving Picture Theatre Owner. Mrs. Gould owned a number of theaters in and around Lawrence, including the Avalon. There are two photos of the Avalon near the end of the post. The first must be from 1941, the year The Lady Eve was released. Judging from the parked cars, the second is from the 1920s.