Empress Theatre
138 E. Main Street,
Danville,
IL
61832
138 E. Main Street,
Danville,
IL
61832
No one has favorited this theater yet
Additional Info
Previous Names: Olympic Theatre, James Theatre
Nearby Theaters
The Olympic Theatre opened in the 1900’s. It was renamed Empress Theatre in the 1910’s. It seated 400 and was closed in the 1920’s.
Contributed by
Chris1982
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.
Recent comments (view all 2 comments)
This likely opened as the Olympic Theatre in the 1900s and which was showing movies in 1910 according to the trade press. It’s the same address of the Empress Theatre which appears to have failed to make the transition to sound films.
This theater appears on the March 1909 Sanborn. It was located in a remodeled 2 story brick commercial building which was constructed sometime before 1884. The rear of this building was extended to install the stage. The building is still on the 1951 map, but this entire block was destroyed around 1980 for a really ugly supermarket and huge parking lot.