Capri Ballroom
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Capri Ballroom Soundex Code C160
Capri Ballroom was once the Ellantee Theater
the address was 1550 W. Devon Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660 United States
Status: Closed
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 W. Devon Avenue.
