State Theatre
215 N. State Street,
Litchfield,
IL
62056
215 N. State Street,
Litchfield,
IL
62056
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If the State Theatre was in the middle building in the photo above, then its address was either 215 or 217 N. State Street. The State, part of the Frisina Amusement Company chain, was listed with 450 seats in FDYs from 1940 to 1948, but in every edition I’ve checked it was listed as closed. I haven’t found any mentions of the State in trade journals, or pretty much anywhere else for that matter. CinemaTour lists it, without an address and, oddly, lists a Royal Theatre (with the aka Millers Theater) at 215 No. State. I haven’t found the names Royal or Millers in connection with Litchfield anywhere else.
A 1910 Sanborn map shows “Moving Pictures” in the building at 211 N. State, but by 1925, the date of the next Sanborn available online, the only theater shown is the Gem/Capitol. The 1914-1915 AMPD lists only a house called the Grand at Litchfield, which might have been the theater at 211 State. CinemaTour doesn’t list the Grand, but does list a house (without an address) called the Lyric operating from 1911 to 1919. The Lyric at least is mentioned in the July 10, 1915 issue of Moving Picture World.