Portage Theater
2003 Photo from the Adam Martin collection.
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4050 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60641
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| Record #6165 |
Opened: December 11, 1920
Closed: 2018
Current Use:
Demolished:
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Capacity: 1321 seats
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s): Neo-Classical
National Register:
Current Organ: none |
Also Known As: Portage Park |
Previously operated by: GCS Circuit, Balaban & Katz, ABC Great States Theatres, Plitt Theatres, Portage Theater Group |
Information for this tour was contributed by Michael Pompili. This theater reopened on May 19, 2006 and is showing silent and classic movies, as well as some independent and foreign films. An Allen digital organ has been installed. Seating capacity was orginally 1,938 and is now 1,321.
The Portage closed again on May 25, 2013. It reopened on June 13, 2015, and closed again in February 2018. Photos Photos remain the property of the Member and may not be reproduced without the written consent of the Member. |
February 2003 photos from the Adam Martin collection.
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Photos from the Norman Plant collection.
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Last featured 10/31/2004. Last edited 7/23/2022.
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