Steinway Hall (Chicago)

Steinway Hall
1896 photo from The Brickbuilder magazine.
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Former names
  • Steinway Music Hall (1896–1900)
  • Ziegfeld Hall (1900)
  • Kelly and Leon Opera House
  • Whitney Opera House (1910)
  • Central Music Hall (1915–1923)
  • Central Theatre (1923–1930)
    • Minturn’s Central Theatre
    • Barrett’s Central Theatre
    • Shubert’s Central Theatre
  • Punch & Judy Theatre (1930)
  • Central Theatre (1931–1934)
  • Sonotone Theatre (1934)
  • Studio Theatre
  • Ziegfeld Theatre
  • Capri Cinema (1958–1970)
General information
TypeOffice building / indoor theater
Address64 East Van Buren Street
Town or cityChicago, Illinois
CountryUnited States
Year(s) built1896
Demolished1970
Design and construction
Architect(s)Dwight H. Perkins
Other information
Seating capacity850-seat theater
Number of stores11

Steinway Hall (1896 – 1970) was an 11-story office building, and ground-floor theater (later cinema), located at 64 East Van Buren Street in Chicago, Illinois.[1] The theater had at least 14 names over the years, opening in 1896 as the Steinway Music Hall, and closing in the late 1960s as Capri Cinema. In the early 1900s, the building held the offices and nucleus of a group of famous Chicago architects that included a young Frank Lloyd Wright.[2] These architects, inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement and the philosophies of Louis Sullivan, formed what would become known as the Prairie School.[3]

  1. ^ Bryan Krefft. "Capri Cinema". Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Brooks, H. Allen (Oct 1963). "Steinway Hall, Architects and Dreams". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 22 (3). University of California Press: 171–175. doi:10.2307/988228. JSTOR 988228.
  3. ^ Brooks, H. Allen (2005). "Architecture: The Prairie School". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved May 25, 2010.