2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, Illinois. County/parish: Cook.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 17, 1984. NRIS 84000934.
1 contributing building.
The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, was originally a movie theater but now presents live productions. It gained early notoriety as the location where bank robber John Dillinger was leaving when he was shot down by FBI agents, after he watched a gangster movie there on July 22, 1934. The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 28, 2001.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892669