The story
Opened December 26, 1950; lost its marquee to the Route 83 widening; closed April 6, 1991 after 'Kindergarten Cop' and 'Rocky Horror'; demolished 1999.
Everything that was here
- 1950–1991
Prospect TheaterTheater
Mount Prospect's first real movie house, 450 seats beside the truck traffic of Route 83.
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Nearby history
Central Continental Bakery
101 South Main Street · 34 m away
Station 34
34 S Main St · 50 m away
Mount Prospect Public House
18 W Busse Ave · 59 m away
The Ye Olde Town Inn space came back to life in 2024 as a 5,000-square-foot gastropub and event venue.
Moehling General Store
3 E Northwest Hwy · 88 m away
General store, post office and railroad office rolled into one.
Wille Coal and Lumber / Wille Hardware
Wille St & Northwest Hwy · 122 m away
The lumber yard that built suburban Mount Prospect.
Mary Jayne's Ladies Apparel
15 W Prospect Ave · 137 m away
A women's clothing shop that outlasted three decades of fashion.
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