Plaster Artifact :: Salvaged in the '90's by Seena > that I transformed into a BEAUTIOUS- Wall Medallion > salvaged from from The Sheridan Theatre in Chicago
The Sheridan Theatre
4036 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613
A Balban & Katz Theatre.
The Sheridan Theatre had 3,000 seats
in its balconied auditorium, which featured,
like San Francisco’s Castro Theatre,
a mock-tented ceiling, ringed by a Roman-style freize depicting a procession of gods.
The Sheridan Theatre also had a small stage,
an orchestra pit and a Wurlitzer organ, opened by organist Edmund Fitch.
Unlike Pridmore’s other theatres, which were mostly Atmospheric in style, the Sheridan Theatre was a Neo-Classical/Italian Baroque combination, complete with Corinthian columns, Roman statuary, and a proscenium arch topped by golden lions supporting a crowned shield.
By 1929 it had been taken over by Fox Theatres & renamed Fox Sheridan Theatre.
In early-1934 it was taken over by Essaness (Charlie Chaplain's Company) Theatres Corp.
After the Sheridan Theatre was closed in 1951, it was acquired by a synagogue (Anshe Emmet) which used the former theatre for their house of worship for 15 years, until moving.
Demolished in The 1990's.
Plaster Artifact :: Salvaged in the '90's by Seena > that I transformed into a BEAUTIOUS- Wall Medallion > salvaged from from The Sheridan Theatre in Chicago
The Sheridan Theatre
4036 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613
A Balban & Katz Theatre.
The Sheridan Theatre had 3,000 seats
in its balconied auditorium, which featured,
like San Francisco’s Castro Theatre,
a mock-tented ceiling, ringed by a Roman-style freize depicting a procession of gods.
The Sheridan Theatre also had a small stage,
an orchestra pit and a Wurlitzer organ, opened by organist Edmund Fitch.
Unlike Pridmore’s other theatres, which were mostly Atmospheric in style, the Sheridan Theatre was a Neo-Classical/Italian Baroque combination, complete with Corinthian columns, Roman statuary, and a proscenium arch topped by golden lions supporting a crowned shield.
By 1929 it had been taken over by Fox Theatres & renamed Fox Sheridan Theatre.
In early-1934 it was taken over by Essaness (Charlie Chaplain's Company) Theatres Corp.
After the Sheridan Theatre was closed in 1951, it was acquired by a synagogue (Anshe Emmet) which used the former theatre for their house of worship for 15 years, until moving.
Demolished in The 1990's.