The 2,600 seat neo-classical/Italian Baroque style Sheridan Theatre, built in 1927 at 4036 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago, was designed by J.E.O. Pridmore. The auditorium featured a balcony and a mock-tented ceiling ringed by a Roman-style frieze of a procession of gods, a small stage, plus an orchestra pit and organ -- and who doesn't love a big organ?
The Sheridan closed in 1951 and became a synagogue for 15 years, then in the '70s became a Spanish-language theatre called Teatro El Palacio (as seen above). It burned in the '80s and was demolished in the early '90s to make way for this monstrosity, a retirement home.
This is not the same Sheridan Theatre of Edward Hopper's painting.
That's the Loew's Sheridan in NYC, seen below.
Originally the Mark Strand Sheridan, an Austin organ Opus 1007 was installed in 1921 at a cost of $9,400 (that's $104,635 in 2010 dollars). That's some organ!
The Loew's was also torn down (in the early '70s), and is now a community garden that's part of St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Sheridan Chicago photo: Bruce Sharp
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