Vermont Theatre
217 North Main Street,
Vermont,
IL
61484
217 North Main Street,
Vermont,
IL
61484
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Running three theaters together in one listing is unnecessary and confusing. In addition, some of the information is wrong. The bowling alley was not the opera house. That building doesn’t appear on the 1906 map, and the 1928 map shows it selling tractors and implements.
The correct address for the Vaudeville/Vermont is 106-108 N Main. That building was constructed in 1869 as a bank, and the opera house was upstairs. It was originally called Mershon’s Hall. A bank is still in part of the ground floor, the rest may be vacant. The 1928 Sanborn shows nothing for the second floor, so the opera house was likely closed for a time, probably during the existence of the Pastime.
The correct address for the Pastime is 215 N Main. It was located in the northern storefront of the Leighty Building, a simple block of one story storefronts. The theater is still shown on the 1928 map. The 1906 map shows a clothing store here. This building does not appear on the 1900 map. The building appears to be used by the American Legion. It’s in decent shape. This should be split out into its own listing, and the extraneous information removed from this one.