{"nrhp_refnum":"12001116","name":"Zoe Theatre","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"209 N. Madison St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsfield","county":"Pike County","state":"IL","lat":39.61024924600008,"lon":-90.80644236999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick movie theatre at 209 North Madison Street in Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, completed in 1950 as a remodeling of an 1870s building. Its façade is clad in tri-colored structural glass.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the theatre as a remarkably intact local example of late Art Moderne architecture with Modernist influences. Its structural glass façade, stainless steel and porcelain enamel marquee and neon signs survive with excellent integrity, and the interior is largely unchanged since 1950. The theatre also received a 1951 Theatre Catalog Annual Merit Award, one of only two Illinois theatres to do so.","narrative":"Zoe Theatre, at 209 North Madison Street in Pittsfield, Illinois, is a two-story brick movie house completed in 1950 from designs by local designer Ted Dell. It was created by completely remodeling an 1870s building that had served as an agricultural product and feed store and later an auto parts store. The square façade is covered in red, ivory and beige structural glass, with a semicircular stainless steel and porcelain enamel marquee, an illuminated attraction sign and a vertical neon \"ZOE\" sign above a recessed aluminum box office. Inside, the lobby, foyer and auditorium keep their original finishes, including Weldtex walls, fiberboard paneling, green tile flooring and original seating. The building is a late, restrained example of Art Moderne design with Modernist influences and retains excellent integrity. In 1951 it won a Theatre Catalog merit award, one of only two Illinois theatres honored that year. It is currently vacant, and stored glass panels and neon tubing are kept for future restoration.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Ted Dell (designer)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/Art Moderne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use. Some structural glass panels and neon tubing are missing but stored in the building, and a leaky roof was repaired in 2005.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.723312-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/8938/28893895/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/12001116.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001116/afb6f9d6e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001116/afb6f9d6e6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoe_Theatre_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoe_Theatre_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893895","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Theatre","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23822826"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/pike-county/zoe-theatre-12001116/"}