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Englewood Theatre

CTL-E-1012 · Institution · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The Englewood Theatre ceased burlesque and showed movies exclusively from February 12, 1922; it hosted a public wedding in June 1928 and was still advertising films on September 5, 1959; its demolition date is unresolved in the sources.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-106; source research type(s): None. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

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