The Cellar (teen dance club)
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The Cellar was a short-lived music venue in Arlington Heights, Illinois[1] outside of Chicago that provided live early rock music in the mid-1960s to young people in the Chicago area. Founded in 1964 by Paul Sampson, a local record store owner who later became a music promoter and manager, The Cellar primarily featured early rock and roll acts, although some Chicago blues bands also performed there. The Cellar closed in 1970.[2]
The Cellar was first located in the basement (thus the name) of the old St. Peter's Lutheran Church at 116 W. Eastman St. It later moved to the empty Bill Cook Buick at 835 W. Davis, across the tracks from the old Arlington High School. The unused warehouse was located along the Chicago and Northwestern railroad tracks (42°05′14″N 87°59′30″W / 42.087271°N 87.991744°W).