Ellantee Theater
1554 W. Devon Avenue? Maybe, 1548 W Devon Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660 United States
Opened: March 1, 1919
Status: Closed, 1928
Reopened as the Ridge Theater on September 17, 1930. (Closed November 1952.)
Seats: 1200
Architect: Robert S. Smith
This was a Rogers Park neighborhood theater. Under the management of the Lubliner & Trinz theater chain, it was originally known as the Ellantee Theater and was opened in 1919. The theater was later renamed the Ridge Theater.
Long ago it was closed as a movie house and today the building houses the Clark Devon Hardware.
The Ellentee Theater was constructed just after World War I on the plot of land that had once grown vegetables for Mr. Holleson.
In 1957, the Ellentee Theater was known as the Capri Ballroom, 1550 West Devon Avenue.