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Art Theatre

2003 Photo from the Bob Meza collection

126 W Church St
Champaign IL

	Record #10148
Opened: 1913	Capacity: 243 seats Architect(s): Lewis E Russell Architectural Style(s): National Register: Current Organ: none
Also Known As: Park, New Art

Information for this tour was contributed by Bob Meza.

Built as the city's first purpose-built movie house in 1913, its original ornate proscenium has been hidden away behind the scope screen for over 50 years. The stage area behind the original curtain is very shallow.

After a remodel, the theater reopened on June 21, 2003, with a free showing of "Chicago", followed by a public opening on the 27th with the film "The Shape of Things".

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2003 photos from the Bob Meza collection.

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2003 photos from the Greg Boardman collection.

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2000 photos from the Darren Snow collection.

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Debbie Does Dallas Advertisement [Advertisement] [Size: 309 KB] Source: Dave Kraft (Unknown Date)

Park Theatre Advertisement [Advertisement] [Size: 24 KB] Source: Dave Kraft (Unknown Date)
This ad is from University of Illinois Students' Directory 1914-1915.

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