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Coronado Theater

 
The Coronado Theater opened on October 9, 1927 as an ornate movie palace and vaudeville hall. The total construction cost was $1.5 million. In 1979 the Theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1980 is designated a City landmark and placed on the Illinois State Register of Historic Places. In 1997 the Kerasotes Theatre Company donated the Coronado to the City of Rockford. In December of 1997, the Friends of the Coronado, led by Mary Ann and C. Gordon Smith, is formed to raise money for the renovation of the theater. It promises to raise $7 million, with City, under Mayor Charles Box, matching that amount. In addition to the numerous individual contributions made by its members, Rockford Rotary Club pledged $25,000 to the renovation effort in the form $5,000 a year for five years.