Palace Theatre, Rockford, Illinois

ID: 812 ~ Source: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5984 ~ Creator: Bryan Krefft ~ Date: ca. 1940s
This file appears in: Sojourn in the Midwest
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One of Rockford’s earlier movie houses, located on Main Street, the Palace opened in 1915, and was located a few doors down from the Orpheum. The Palace closed in 1955 and was later converted into a store. The building was demolished around the early 1980s.

This file appears in: Sojourn in the Midwest

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