| Listing of where the organs were during the theatre organ (silent film) era |
| Theatre |
Organ |
Location |
Yr Built |
Opening |
Yr. Razed |
Seats |
Remarks |
| Adams |
2m Robert Morton |
20 E Adams |
1921 |
6/21 |
- |
291 |
- |
| Admiral |
3/10 Marr & Colton |
3940 W Lawrence |
1925 |
- |
- |
1500 |
- |
| Alamo |
3/9 Kilgen |
3639 W Chicago |
1925-26 |
8/18/26 |
- |
1556 |
- |
| Alvin |
Gottfried |
1614 W Chicago |
1913 |
- |
- |
540 |
- |
| Ambassador (Rockne) |
4/14 Geneva |
5825 W Division |
1925 |
10/20/25 |
- |
2500 |
Church |
| Ashland |
2/4 Estey |
1611 W Madison |
- |
- |
- |
800 |
Demolished |
| Atlantic |
3/11 Kilgen |
3950 W 26th |
1917 |
- |
- |
1158 |
Retail stores |
| Auditorium |
Michigan & Congress |
4/126 Roosevelt |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Roosevelt University |
| Avalon |
3/15 Wurlitzer |
1675 E 79th |
1926 |
8/29/27 |
- |
2414 |
Performing arts center called "New Regal" |
| Belmont |
4/20 Wurlitzer Publix1 |
1635 W Belmont |
1925 |
9/13/26 |
- |
3252 |
Converted to condos |
| Bel-Park |
3/17 Barton |
3231 N Cicero |
1926 |
3/11/27 |
- |
2600 |
Bingo hall |
| Biltmore |
3m Smith |
2046 W Division |
1920 |
1/15/21 |
- |
1800 |
Demolished |
| Biograph |
2/7 Wurlitzer |
2433 N Lincoln |
1914 |
- |
- |
1000 |
Movie theater |
| Blaine |
[Smith] |
3743 N Southport |
1912 |
- |
- |
299 |
Theater |
| Boulevard |
2/7 Wurlitzer EX |
1606 W Garfield |
1915 |
11/25/15 |
|
971 |
Demolished |
| Brookline |
[Smith] |
7100 S South Chicago- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bryn Mawr |
2/6 Wurlitzer D |
1125 W Bryn Mawr |
1912-13 |
- |
- |
780 |
Grocery store |
| Byrd |
2/6 Wurlitzer D |
4730 W Madison |
1917 |
- |
- |
1438 |
Demolished |
| Capitol |
3/17 WurliTzer |
7941 S Halsted |
1923-25 |
1/19/25 |
- |
2415 |
Demolished |
| Central Park |
3/9 Barton |
3535 W Roosevelt |
1917 |
10/27/17 |
- |
2032 |
Church |
| Century [Diversey] |
3/15 Wurlitzer |
2828 N Clark |
1924 |
7/30/25 |
- |
3080 |
Shopping mall |
| Chatham |
2/4 Wurlitzer |
7536-44 S Cottage Grove |
- |
- |
- |
-1000 |
- |
| Chelten |
3/9 Marr & Colton |
79th and Exchange- |
1927 |
1/15/28 |
- |
- |
- |
| Chicago |
4/27 Wurlitzer |
175 N State |
1921 |
10/26/21 |
- |
4400 |
Performing Arts Cemter |
| Claremont |
2/3 Robert Morton |
3326 N Clark |
- |
- |
- |
624 |
- |
| Clearing |
2/3 Kilgen |
5722 W 63rd |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Clybourn |
Seeburg Celesta Delux |
1607 N Clybourn |
- |
- |
- |
298 |
- |
| Colony |
3/10 Barton |
3206 W 59th |
1925 |
[]8/26/26 |
- |
-997 |
- |
| Commodore |
2/9 Moller |
3105 W Irving Park |
1921 |
- |
1990 |
1200 |
Demolished |
| Congress |
4/20 Wurlitzer |
2135 N Milwaukee |
1926 |
9/2/26 |
- |
2988 |
- |
| Covent Garden |
4/28 Wurlitzer/Hope-Jones |
2653 N Clark |
1916 |
- |
- |
2065 |
Demolished |
| Crescent |
2/6 Wurlitzer D |
2915 N Milwaukee |
- |
- |
- |
792 |
Demolished |
| Criterion |
2/5 kilgen |
1222 N Sedgwick |
- |
- |
- |
1221 |
Demolished |
| Crown |
2/6 Wurlitzer D |
1605-11 W Division |
1909 |
- |
1959 |
1458 |
Demolished |
| Dearborn (New Dearborn) |
Smith |
40 W Division |
1913 |
- |
- |
741 |
Demolished |
| Diversey (Century) |
3/15 Wurlitzer |
2828 N Clark |
1924 |
7/30/25 |
- |
3080 |
Shopping Mall |
| Douglas |
2/7 Kimball |
3236 W 22nd |
1914 |
- |
- |
792 |
- |
| Drake (New Drake) |
2/4 Wurlitzer |
3546 W Montrose |
1925 |
- |
- |
1300 |
Demolished |
| Drexel |
2/4 Wurlitzer |
854 E 63rd |
- |
- |
- |
632 |
- |
| Elston |
2/4 Wurlitzer |
3167 N Elston |
- |
- |
- |
300 |
- |
| Embassy |
3/7 Wurlitzer |
3940 W Fullerton |
1926 |
9/2/26 |
- |
1400 |
Demolished |
| Englewood |
2/4 Wicks |
726 W 63rd |
1913 |
- |
- |
1589 |
Demolished |
| Famous |
Gottfried |
3644 W Chicago |
- |
- |
- |
600 |
- |
| Frolic |
2/5 Kilgen |
951 E 55th |
1915 |
- |
- |
899 |
Demolished |
| Gateway |
3/11 Wurlitzer Balaban-1 |
5216 W Lawrence |
1930- |
- |
- |
2045 |
Cultural center |
| Gem |
2/4 Wurlitzer] |
450 S State |
- |
- |
- |
434 |
Demolished |
| Granada |
4/20 Wurlitzer Publix1 |
6427 N Sheridan |
1926 |
9/18/26 |
1990 |
3700 |
Demolished |
| Grayland |
Seeburg Celesta |
3940 N Cicero |
- |
- |
- |
299 |
- |
| Halfield |
2/6 Wurlitzer DX |
5451 S Halsted |
1912-13 |
- |
- |
994 |
- |
| Harvard |
2/4 Robert Morton |
6312 S Harvard |
1914 |
- |
- |
720- |
- |
| Highland |
4/21 Barton |
7859 S Ashland |
1925 |
5/15/26 |
- |
2086 |
Church / community center |
| Highway |
3/9 Marr & Colton |
6329 S Western |
1924 |
11/26/24 |
- |
998 |
- |
| Hollywood |
3/8 Wurlitzer E SP |
1500 W Fullerton |
1925-26 |
- |
- |
1200 |
Demolished |
| Howard |
- |
1621 W Howard |
1917 |
5/4/18 |
- |
1699 |
Converted to condos, 1999-2000 |
| Hub |
Gottfried |
1744 W Chicago |
1913 |
- |
- |
769 |
- |
| Iris |
2/8 Kilgen |
5747 W Chicago |
1912 |
- |
- |
895 |
- |
| Janet |
Seeburg Celesta Deluxe |
617 W North |
- |
- |
- |
299 |
Demolished |
| Jeffrey |
2/6 Barton |
1952 E 71st |
1924- |
- |
- |
1796 |
- |
| Karlov |
Gottfried |
4048 W Armitage |
1916-17 |
- |
- |
893 |
- |
| Kenwood |
2/5 Kilgen |
1225 E 47th |
- |
- |
- |
885 |
Demolished |
| Kimbark |
3/7 Kimball |
6240 S Kimbark |
1913 |
|
1999 |
688 |
Demolished |
| Lakeside |
2/7 Wurlitzer E |
4730 N Sheridan |
1915 |
9/4/15 |
- |
979 |
Dance school |
| Langley |
Smith |
706 E 63rd |
- |
- |
- |
885 |
- |
| LaSalle |
2/6 Wurlitzer |
152 W Division |
1914 |
- |
- |
728 |
Demolished |
| Linden |
2/4 Robert Morton |
743 W 63rd |
|
- |
- |
783 |
Demolished |
| McVickers |
3/15 Wurlitzer |
25 W Madison |
1922 |
9/26/22 |
- |
1865 |
Demolished |
| Madison Square |
2/7 Wurlitzer E |
4730 W Madison |
1917 |
11/7/17 |
- |
1367 |
Demolished |
| Manor |
3/9 Kimball |
5600 W North |
1924 |
- |
- |
1500 |
Demolished |
| Maplewood |
2m Barton |
2811 W Diversey |
- |
- |
- |
299 |
- |
| Marbro |
5/21 Wurlitzer |
4124 W Madison |
1926 |
5/28/27 |
- |
4000 |
Demolished |
| Marquette |
2m Robert Morton |
6305 S. Kedzie |
1917 |
- |
- |
948 |
Demolished |
| Marshall Square |
3/12 Kimball |
2871 W 22nd |
1917 |
- |
- |
1500 |
Concert hall |
| Metropole |
2/3 Kilgen |
236 W 31st |
- |
- |
- |
299 |
- |
| Midwest |
3/10 Barton |
3538 S Archer |
1925 |
11/19/25 |
- |
1820 |
Demolished |
| Milford |
2/7 Kilgen |
3311 N Crawford |
1916-17 |
2/24/17 |
1994 |
1175 |
Demolished |
| Milo |
3/8 Barton |
1821 S Loomis |
1925 |
12/3/25 |
- |
1000 |
- |
| Monroe |
3/17 Moller |
59 W Monroe |
- |
- |
- |
1120 |
Demolished |
| Mont Clare |
3/10 Barton |
7133 W Grand |
1929 |
- |
1996 |
1350 |
Demolished |
| New Pershing |
2m Barton |
716 W Roosevelt |
- |
- |
- |
633 |
- |
| Newberry |
2m Wicks |
854 N Clark |
- |
- |
- |
709 |
Demolished |
| Norshore |
4/20 Wurlitzer |
1749 W Howard |
1926 |
6/17/26 |
- |
3018 |
Demolished |
| North Center |
3/21 Kimball |
4031 N Lincoln |
1925 |
2/3/26 |
- |
2721- |
- |
| Nortown |
3/15 Wurlitzer |
6320 N Western |
1931 |
4/4/31 |
- |
2046 |
Community center |
| Oak |
2/3 Kilgen |
2004 N Western |
1910 |
- |
- |
1046 |
Demolished |
| Oakley |
Gottfried |
2320 W Chicago |
1917 |
11/25/17 |
- |
990 |
Art center |
| Ogden |
2/3 Barton |
2762 W Ogden |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Demolished |
| Oriental |
4/20 Wurlitzer Publix 1 |
20 W Randolph |
1926 |
5/8/26 |
- |
3250 |
Performing Arts Center |
| Orpheum |
2/7 Wurlitzer (185SP) |
112 S State |
1908 |
- |
- |
762 |
- |
| Paradise |
5/21 Wurlitzer |
231 N Pulaski |
1926 |
9/14/28 |
1956 |
3500 |
Demolished |
| Parkway |
2/6 Wurlitzer DX |
11053 S Michigan- |
- |
- |
- |
774 |
- |
| Patio |
3/17 Barton |
6008 W Irving Park |
1926 |
1/29/27 |
- |
1500 |
Closed 2001 |
| Paulina |
2/6 Wurlitzer (D) |
1335 N Paulina |
1912-13 |
- |
- |
834 |
Demolished |
| Peoples |
2/3 Wurlitzer (40) |
1620 W 47th |
1918 |
1919 |
2001 |
1850 |
Demolished |
| Piccadilly |
4/19 Kilgen |
1443 E Hyde Park |
1926 |
1/24/27 |
- |
2892 |
Demolished (lobby remains) |
| Portage Park |
3m Wurlitzer] |
4050 N Milwaukee |
1920 |
12/11/20 |
- |
1970 |
Closed 2000 |
| Regal |
3/14 Barton |
4719 South Parkway |
1927 |
2/4/28 |
1973 |
3000 |
Demolished |
| Riviera |
2/9 Wurlitzer (210) |
4746 N Racine |
1917 |
0/2/18 |
- |
1945 |
Concert hall |
| Rivoli |
2/6 Wurlitzer (D) |
4380 N Elston |
1922 |
- |
- |
1400 |
- |
| Rockne |
4/14 Geneva |
5821 W Division |
1925 |
- |
- |
1500 |
Church |
| Roosevelt |
3/20 Kimball |
110 N State |
1921 |
4/23/21 |
- |
1591 |
Demolished |
| Roseland State |
3/12 Moller |
11020 S Michigan- |
- |
- |
- |
850 |
- |
| Rosewood |
Smith |
1823 W Montrose |
1916 |
- |
- |
999 |
Retail |
| Schindler's |
2/3 Wurlitzer (105) |
1005 W Huron |
- |
- |
- |
1053 |
- |
| Senate |
3/18 Kimball |
3128 W Madison |
1920-21 |
2/12/21 |
1977 |
3127 |
Demolished |
| Sheridan |
4/17 Wurlitzer |
4040 N Sheridan |
1927 |
2/12/27 |
- |
2640 |
Demolished |
| Southtown |
4/20 Wurlitzer Publix 1 (moved from Congress) |
610 W 63rd |
1931 |
12/25/31 |
1991 |
3200 |
Demolished (after use as discount store ended) |
| Springfield |
Kilgen? |
3857 W Roosevelt- |
- |
- |
- |
290 |
- |
| State |
3/15 Wurlitzer (moved to Trinanon Ballrood) |
5814 W Madison |
1925 |
- |
- |
1900 |
Demolished |
| State-Lake |
3/13 Wurlitzer |
190 N State |
1917-19 |
3/17/19 |
- |
3000 |
Converted to ABC7 Television Studio |
| Stratford |
3/22 Kimball |
715 W 63rd |
1919 |
9/4/20 |
- |
2500 |
Demolished |
| Symphony |
4/14 Kimball |
4937 W Chicago |
1927-28 |
- |
- |
- |
Demolished |
| Terminal |
4/17 Wurlitzer (260-4M) |
3315 W Lawrence |
1925 |
1/7/26 |
- |
1800 |
Demolished |
| Tiffin |
3/? Wurlitzer (3M SP) |
4045 W North |
1922 |
10/30/22 |
- |
2300 |
Demolished |
| Tivoli |
3/17 Wurlitzer |
6325 S Cottage Grove |
1921 |
2/16/21 |
1963 |
3400 |
Demolished |
| Tower |
4/20 Wurlitzer Publix 1 |
1510 E 63rd |
1925 |
4/11/25 |
- |
3014 |
Demolished |
| Twentieth Century |
3/5 Kilgen |
3530 W Roosevelt |
1912-13 |
- |
- |
796 |
- |
| United Artists |
2/10 Wurlitzer |
Randolph and Dearborn |
1922 |
12/26/27 |
1989 |
1694 |
Demolished |
| Uptown |
4/28 Wurlitzer |
4614 N Broadway |
1925 |
8/18/25 |
- |
4307 |
Closed (preservation groups trying to save) |
| Vendome |
2m Robert Morton |
3145 S State |
1918 |
- |
1949 |
1265 |
Demolished |
| Vision |
Gottfried |
2650 W Division |
- |
- |
- |
722 |
- |
| West End |
3/14 Kimball |
121 N Cicero |
1916 |
- |
- |
1119 |
- |
| West Englewood (Ogden) |
2/10 Kimball |
1619 W 63rd |
1920 |
- |
- |
2042 |
- |
| White Palace |
2/5 Kilgen |
1609 S Kedzie |
1910 |
5/10 |
- |
750 |
- |
| Wicker Park |
Smith |
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| Wonderland (New Wonderland) |
3/9 Kimball |
734 W Madison |
1906 |
- |
- |
383 |
- |
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