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Baker’s Theater


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Columbus Theater, 1903


Baker’s Theatre
Life Span: 1887-1943
Location: 1838 S. Wabash
Architect: TBD


Originally opened in 1887 as Baker’s Theater, it had many names over the years: Havlin’s (1889), Tivoli (1896), Adelphi (1898), Columbus (1901) and closed under this name in 1909.

It re-opened as the Wabash Theater in 1914 and continued as a movie theater until closing in 1943. A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Wabash Theater in 1924.


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Havlin’s Theatre
Seat Plan
1894


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