The Pickwick Theatre is an art deco movie palace located in Park Ridge, Illinois , a suburb of Chicago .
30-502: Designed by Roscoe Harold Zook , William F. McCaughey, and Alfonso Iannelli , the Pickwick opened in 1928 as a vaudeville stage and movie theatre. It is widely recognized for its marquee and 100-foot tower, which appeared in the opening credits of At the Movies . The main auditorium , built to resemble an Aztec or Mayan temple, originally seated up to 1,400 people. Seating capacity in
60-484: A covered picnic area, a playground, bathrooms/warming house, six tennis courts, 2 platform tennis courts, sand volleyball court and basketball court. The 8.82-acre (3.57 ha) Pierce Park has a ball field, a football/soccer field, a picnic area, a playground apparatus, a shelter, and two tennis courts. The 14.50-acre (5.87 ha) Robbins Park has a football/soccer field, a playground apparatus, and two tennis courts. The 2.33-acre (0.94 ha) Stough Park has ice skating,
90-817: A fellow apprentice of Shaw, to start a new architectural firm, operating out of the Auditorium Building . Later, he opened a new office on the 17th floor of the Marquette Building . He designed thirty-four homes and buildings in Hinsdale from 1922 to 1953. Twenty-eight houses in the neighborhood are still occupied. He also worked in Iowa, Wisconsin and Virginia. He is known for the " Cotswold style cottages" he designed which use details from Tudor architecture including timber framing , exposed beams, diamond-shaped window panes, and intricate brick or stonework . He developed
120-571: A playground apparatus, and two tennis courts. The 4.04-acre (1.63 ha) Brush Hill Area has scenic open space and a sledding hill. The 1.8-acre (0.73 ha) Burlington Park has scenic open space. The 1.03-acre (0.42 ha) Dietz Park has a playground apparatus. The .91-acre (0.37 ha) Ehret Park has a shelter and scenic open space. The .98-acre (0.40 ha) Eleanor's Park has scenic open space. The 4.02-acre (1.63 ha) Highland Park has scenic open space. The 2.82-acre (1.14 ha) Melin Park has
150-462: A roofing technique that came to be known as the "Zook roof", with wood shingles laid out in an undulating pattern across the surface to recreate the appearance of a thatched roof . The roofers used "rolled eaves" at the edges of the roof to make a curved transition into the wall below. Zook designed ornamental ironwork for several of these houses using a trademark spider web pattern. In partnership with architect William F. McCaughey, Zook designed
180-399: Is Interstate 294 and the western boundary is Route 83 . According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hinsdale has a total area of 4.66 square miles (12.07 km ), of which 4.62 square miles (11.97 km ) (or 99.18%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km ) (or 0.82%) is water. As of the 2020 census , there were 17,395 people, 5,809 households, and 4,817 families residing in
210-421: Is Hinsdale's public pool. The 14.7-acre (5.9 ha) Veeck Park is Hinsdale's skate park and contains a baseball field, 4 soccer/football fields, a playground, an awning for shelter in case it rains, and a sandbox by the playground. The 8.3-acre (3.4 ha) Brook Park has a ball field, a football/soccer field, a playground apparatus, and four tennis courts. The 6.55-acre (2.65 ha) Burns Field has ice skating,
240-735: Is a level-two trauma center and DuPage County's only teaching hospital. It has been ranked among 100 best hospitals in the country. Community Consolidated School District 181 and the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 serve Hinsdale's youth. The high school district has its headquarters in Hinsdale. The School District 181 elementary schools within Hinsdale include The Lane School, Madison School, Monroe School, and Oak School. Elementary schools in District 181 that are not in Hinsdale include Prospect School, Elm School, and Walker School. Hinsdale Middle School, operated by
270-496: Is located in the center of town and is remarkably little changed considering the many teardowns that have occurred over time. There are restaurants, different types of shops, and various services including the primary train station. The Robbins Park district just east of downtown, bounded by Garfield Street and County Line Road, and Hinsdale Avenue and 9th Street, is a National Register Historic District also. The district includes two of Hinsdale's seven buildings individually listed on
300-527: Is served by a network of major federal, state, and county roads, including the Tri-State Tollway ( Interstate 294 ), U.S. Route 34 and Illinois Route 83 . Including by Metra 's BNSF Line at three stations: Highlands , Hinsdale , and West Hinsdale . Additionally, Pace operates connecting bus services. Currently, Pace bus lines 663 and 668 serve Hinsdale. UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale hospital, operated by AdventHealth , founded in 1904,
330-651: The Art Institute of Chicago and apprenticed under Howard Van Doren Shaw . In the 1910s, Zook served as President of the Architects Club of Chicago, and was a member of several local architectural clubs. In 1922, Zook made an unsuccessful entry in the Chicago Tribune design competition for their new Chicago building. Zook built a home and studio in Hinsdale in 1924. In 1925, Zook partnered with William F. McCaughey,
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#1733085676588360-706: The National Register of Historic Places , as well as seven of seventeen Hinsdale Historic Landmarks. The six individual Hinsdale buildings on the National Register of Historic Places are the Orland P. Bassett House at 329 E. Sixth St., the Robert A. and Mary Childs House at 318 S. Garfield Ave., Immanuel Evangelical Church at 302 S. Grant St., the Francis Stuyvesant Peabody House at 8 E. Third St. and
390-441: The U.S. state of Illinois and one of the wealthiest communities of Illinois. Hinsdale is a western suburb of Chicago with the population of 17,395 at the 2020 census. Hinsdale is located 20 miles (32 km) west of Chicago and is bordered by Oak Brook to the north, and Burr Ridge and Willowbrook to the south, Western Springs to the east, Clarendon Hills and Westmont to the west. The eastern boundary of Hinsdale
420-612: The William Whitney House at 142 E. First St. Another significant architectural landmark is the R. Harold Zook Home and Studio, which was originally located at 327 S. Oak Street and was saved from demolition in 2005 by relocation to the Katherine Legge Memorial Park, 5941 S. County Line Road. To address Hinsdale's legacy of important architectural landmarks, the Hinsdale Historical Society runs
450-608: The 1928 art deco style Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Illinois . This was their only theater design, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The theater features a 100-foot-tall (30 m) tower and lantern, a unique marquee and one of the original installations of a Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ . Hinsdale, Illinois Hinsdale is a village in DuPage County county, with small portion in Cook county, in
480-463: The Chicago metropolitan area, Hinsdale is also the home of many small and medium-sized businesses. Non-profit organizations such as Hinsdale Historical Society and Hinsdale Humane Society are also based there. According to Hinsdale's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: The Katherine Legge Memorial Park and Lodge, located on 52 acres (21 ha) of woodland,
510-641: The Pickwick Theater was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois). In 2022, the Pickwick Theatre was featured in an episode of NBC 's Chicago Fire (TV series) . [REDACTED] Media related to Pickwick Theater at Wikimedia Commons Roscoe Harold Zook Roscoe Harold Zook (21 May 1889 – 17 April 1949)
540-640: The Roger & Ruth Anderson Architecture Center, which advocates for the preservation of Hinsdale's historical architecture and serves as an archive and resource. The village was incorporated on April 1, 1873. Law enforcement is provided by the Hinsdale Police Department. The Hinsdale Fire Department was established in 1893. The community is served by the United States Postal Service Hinsdale Post Office. Hinsdale
570-404: The average family size was 2.94. The village's age distribution consisted of 32.2% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 18.5% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males. The median income for a household in the village
600-659: The early 1940s, Zook married his second wife, Florence (Barkey) Nissen, whom he met through mutual friends (and clients). Zook died in April 1949, just short of his 60th birthday. Roscoe Harold Zook was born in Valparaiso , Indiana on May 21, 1889, the sixth child of Florence and Dennis Coder Zook. His father was a builder, working as a master carpenter for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Fort Wayne . Zook's uncle, Jacob Steel Zook,
630-614: The elementary school district, is in Hinsdale. Clarendon Hills Middle School, which also is in District 181, is in Clarendon Hills. St Isaac Jogues is a K-8 Catholic Grade School also located in Hinsdale. Hinsdale Central High School (formerly Hinsdale Township High School) is located in Hinsdale. The Hinsdale Public Library is located in the west wing of the Memorial Building. The library opened in August 1893. The Memorial Building,
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#1733085676588660-434: The library's first permanent residence, was completed in 1929. D.K. Pearson, a director of the library association, donated his house and a portion of his estate to the library system; the donation funded a 1957 addition to the library. In 1988, the Memorial Building received an addition on the west side, and the library and the village administration swapped places. While many Hinsdale residents commute to jobs throughout
690-535: The main auditorium was reduced by 200 seats in 1968 and an additional 400 seats in 2012 as the result of renovations. The 2012 renovation project, valued at $ 1.2 million, also included a new roof, mechanical improvements and exterior renovations including those to the original marquee. The theater was named in 1928 by the mayor of Park Ridge, William H. Malone I, for the title character Samuel Pickwick in Charles Dickens ' novel The Pickwick Papers . The building
720-411: The population. There were 5,809 households, out of which 50.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.02% were married couples living together, 6.13% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.08% were non-families. 15.84% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.23% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.30 and
750-430: The village. The population density was 3,732 inhabitants per square mile (1,441/km ). There were 6,124 housing units at an average density of 1,314 per square mile (507/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 77.33% White , 1.67% African American , 0.17% Native American , 12.44% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 1.27% from other races , and 7.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.45% of
780-431: Was $ 206,701, and the median income for a family was $ 244,598. Males had a median income of $ 156,007 versus $ 56,484 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 106,061. About 0.5% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over. Hinsdale's downtown area is a National Register Historic District . The downtown area
810-655: Was also a builder, most notably designing the Brumback Library in Van Wert , Ohio , now recognized as a Historic Place . R. Harold Zook spent most of his childhood in Fort Wayne, attending the public schools and showing an early proficiency for art. He attended college at the Armour Institute of Technology . After graduating in 1914, Zook was named to the faculty and taught for four years. He also taught interior design at
840-555: Was an American architect best known for his work in suburban Chicago , Illinois . He received a degree in architecture from the Armour Institute of Technology (now Illinois Institute of Technology, or IIT ) in 1914. In 1916, Zook married his first wife, Mildred Barnard. They divorced in the late 1930s. They had one son, Harold Barnard Zook, who followed in his father's footsteps to become an architect in Corona del Mar, California . In
870-516: Was donated to the Village of Hinsdale in 1973. The lodge, built in 1927, may be rented for private and corporate events such as banquets, meetings, parties, picnics, receptions, and weddings. The park has a clubhouse with meeting rooms, a football/soccer field, a picnic area, playground apparatus, a scenic open space, a shelter, a frisbee golf course, a sledding hill, and four platform tennis courts. The 3-acre (1.2 ha) Hinsdale Community Swimming Pool
900-422: Was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and continues to host films as well as live stage shows . In 1990, theatre management expanded the Pickwick by adding three new screens behind the original auditorium. In 2017, owner Dino Vlahakis added a 39-seat theatre located on the second floor of the rear building, in place of the theatre's offices. In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial,
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