400 Theater

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Also known as Regent Theater, 400 Twin Theater, Visionary Theaters, Village North Theater, and New 400 Theater.

400 Theater

6746 N. Sheridan Road

Chicago, IL

Status: closed as Visionary Theaters, Open as the New 400 Theaters

Seats: 732

Firm: Grossman & Proskauer

Built as the Regent Theater in 1912 in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, this was one of its earliest movie houses and originally sat about 725 in its auditorium. On November 8, 1930, the theater was renamed the 400 Theater.

In 1990, it was divided into four small auditoriums, three seating about 200, one only about 150. It was purchased by the owners of the Village Theater in the Old Town neighborhood and modernized, and given the name of the Village North Theater. For the last several years, the theater was operated by Village Entertainment.

In September 2008, the former Village North began operating as Visionary Theaters, but by January of 2009, the theater was closed.

It was reopened again as the New 400 Theaters on July 1, 2009.

Photos

RPWRHS photo L009-0310 shows 400 Theater, 6746 N. Sheridan Road, Movie playing: "A Room with a View", March 3, 1987.

RPWRHS photo L009-0536 shows 400 Theater, 6746 N. Sheridan Road, people standing in line, March 15, 1995.

RPWRHS photo S013-0174 shows 400 Theater, 6746 N. Sheridan Road, showing Raising Arizona, September 1987.