August 30, 2001 – The Englert Theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and stands today as one of the iconic buildings of Iowa City.
The Englert Theatre – Iowa City’s grand old theater – is located at 221 E. Washington Street, and was constructed at a cost of about $60,000 (equal to $1.5 million today). Opening on September 26, 1912, The Englert was designed to seat 1,079 patrons for both live entertainment and motion pictures, rivaling the finest stage and movie houses throughout the Midwest. Today, she is now the lone surviving theater of dozens of movie houses that flourished in downtown Iowa City during the first half of the 20th century.
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