THREATENED: Demolition Permit Released for Jeffery Theater and Spencer Arms Hotel (Chicago 7 2014)

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2020

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Jeffery Theater Building and Spencer Arms Hotel, 7054 S. Jeffery Blvd/952 E. 71st Street, by William P. Doerr in 1923. Photo Credit: Ward Miller/ Preservation Chicago

City Lifts Hold On Tearing Down Jeffery Theater, But Developer Doesn’t Plan To Demolish Immediately. City law delays permits to tear down historically significant structures, but the hold on Jeffery Theater expired in late May, Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago 6/9/20

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