VILLAGE THEATRE
(Originally Germania Theater)
1546-1550 North Clark Street
Built 1915-1916
Architect: Adolph Woerner
The Village Theatre (originally call the Germania Theater) is one of the best surviving "first generation" movie Theaters in Chicago. Designed by the German born Architect Adolph Woemer exclusively for motion picture use, the building was completed in 1916 and was part of a theater chain operated by Herman L Gumbiner. This fine brick and terra cotta clad building is a mix or classical Revival and Renaissance Revival styles, incorporating Germanic symbolism in its details reflecting the area's then prominent ethnic group. The building served for many decades as the sole movie house in the neighborhood and remains a strong visual landmark on the Near North Side.
Name: Adolf Woerner
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1851
Birth Place: Stutgart, Germany
Death Date: 6 Oct 1926
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 9 Oct 1926
Cemetery Name: Montrose
Death Age: 74
Occupation: Architct
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Father Name: Adolf Woerner
Father Birth Place: Tiefenger, Germany
Mother Birth Place: Germany
Spouse Name: Eugenie Woerner
FHL Film Number: 1877895
VILLAGE THEATRE
(Originally Germania Theater)
1546-1550 North Clark Street
Built 1915-1916
Architect: Adolph Woerner
The Village Theatre (originally call the Germania Theater) is one of the best surviving "first generation" movie Theaters in Chicago. Designed by the German born Architect Adolph Woemer exclusively for motion picture use, the building was completed in 1916 and was part of a theater chain operated by Herman L Gumbiner. This fine brick and terra cotta clad building is a mix or classical Revival and Renaissance Revival styles, incorporating Germanic symbolism in its details reflecting the area's then prominent ethnic group. The building served for many decades as the sole movie house in the neighborhood and remains a strong visual landmark on the Near North Side.
Name: Adolf Woerner
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1851
Birth Place: Stutgart, Germany
Death Date: 6 Oct 1926
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 9 Oct 1926
Cemetery Name: Montrose
Death Age: 74
Occupation: Architct
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Father Name: Adolf Woerner
Father Birth Place: Tiefenger, Germany
Mother Birth Place: Germany
Spouse Name: Eugenie Woerner
FHL Film Number: 1877895
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