Built-in 1927, The DuPage was a Spanish patio-style theater (like the Uptown) that also incorporated commercial and residential aspects in its buildings.

As a small town, the six shops incorporated into the theater comprised a large portion of the village's commerce at the time.

In the interim, the theatre lay vacant until 2000, when Big Idea Productions, Inc., a producer of children's videos, purchased the property.

After determining that the site would need to be more significant for their plans, they pulled out and returned the theater to village ownership.

The land where the building stood remained vacant until 2021, when ground was broken for new luxury apartments.