The Granada Theatre was a 3,400-seat movie palace in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Located at 6427 N. Sheridan Road, the theatre was constructed in 1926 for the Marks Brothers circuit, a significant theatre operator in the United States. Edward E. Eichenbaum was the principal designer for the architectural firm of Levy & Klein. The theatre was originally designed for both live stage shows and movies. It was located at an elevated train stop, was at the confluence of several bus lines, and a large parking lot provided convenience for automobiles. The three-story structure was 92 feet tall and had a 93-foot wide rectangular marquee facing west on Sheridan Road, covered with thousands of electric lights.

The interior of the Granada consisted of two significant elements: the 3,448-seat auditorium and the public spaces to the rear of the auditorium just behind the grand entrance. The auditorium consisted of a column-free space on the main floor with an expansive balcony extending over the rear one-third of the seats.

Patrons could ascend the marble staircase from the ticket lobby to the second floor (mezzanine) level or enter the grand lobby’s main floor. This lobby space was 153 deep and 59 feet wide, with a vaulted ceiling 59 feet high, and its floors were pink Tennessee marble, highly buffed, with marble baseboards. To the left were a series of doors under the second-floor promenade leading to the auditorium’s main floor. At the east end of the grand lobby was a marble staircase leading to the second floor and then to the lower balcony. All the upper levels, including the mezzanine, had marble balustrades supporting marble handrails.

The ceiling was a large dome over 80 feet across, with smaller inset domes encrusted with ornamentation around the edges. Gold leaf covered most of the detailing on the ceiling. Three large arched vaults were on each side of the balcony, filled with glass and backlit by blue lighting to represent the night sky. The large dome on the ceiling was a rosette, and its center was a small dome. Four elaborate crystal chandeliers lit each of the principal spaces.

The theatre opened on September 18, 1926, with a Jack Haskell stage show, Eastern Nights. Organist Alfred F. Brown played the Wurlitzer 4-manual 20-rank theatre organ. The stage was 32 feet deep and 98 feet wide.

On November 19, 1975, the World Premiere of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was held at the Granada Theatre, with Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher appearing ‘in person’.

From about 1978 until the mid-1980s, it was used sporadically for rock concerts and presented midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show for several years.

Generally, the Granada remained in reasonably good condition until early 1988, when vandalism and water infiltration began to take their toll.

Despite all attempts to save the theatre, Senior Life Styles Corporation purchased and demolished the property in 1989-90 for a planned apartment/commercial structure.

The new 16–story apartment tower and shopping arcade constructed in 1991 was named “Granada Center.” Loyola University later purchased the structure and transformed it into 12 floors of student apartments over a base containing parking, retail, and university offices. The apartment tower was then renamed “Fordham Hall.” The retail and office portion is still called “Granada Center.”

The Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago holds archival materials, including photographs taken by the “Save Granada Theatre Committee”.