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West Cinema 1 & 2


2001 Photo from the Konrad Schiecke collection.
42 S Prairie St
Galesburg IL 61401

Demolished 2019
Record #6466  
 Opened:
 Closed: December 18, 2003
 Demolished: 2019
Capacity:
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
National Register:
Current Organ: none
 Also Known As: Colonnade
 Previously operated by: Publix Great States Theatres, Kerasotes Theatres, Plitt Theatres

Information for this tour was contributed by Konrad Schiecke.

This theatre was built in the 1920s and was called the West. It was later merged into the Colonial Theatre next door to become the West Cinema 1&2.

An article in the 12/21/1972 edition of the Galesburg Register-Mail reports that this and the Orpheum would become property of Kerasotes on 12/28/1972.

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July 2005 photos from the Darren Snow collection.


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November 2001 photos from the Konrad Schiecke collection.


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Last featured 1/23/2005. Last edited 8/13/2022.


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