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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Texas » Houston » Texan Theater

Texan Theater

Houston, TX
812 Capitol Street
, Houston, TX 77002 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Spanish Renaissance
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1393
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Texan Theater owned by Will Horwitz opened on April 4, 1925 with Marion Davies in "Janice Meredith". In the early-1930's, Horwitz was planning to air-condition his three vaudeville/movie theaters located in downtown Houston. The three theaters were the Iris, the Uptown and the Texan Theaters.

Realizing that his air-conditioning project would require excavating the basements under the three theaters, Horwitz decided to connect them with a tunnel. The tunnel became part of Horwitz's "Uptown Center Project", which included shops and restaurants upstairs and a penny arcade and a German wine tavern downstairs. Horwitz died in 1941.

The Texan Theater was demolished in 1953. By the late-1960's the tunnels were also demolished.
Contributed by Lost Memory

YOUR COMMENTS

 
Nice old photo here:
http://www.moviepalaces.net/texan.jpg
posted by TC on Mar 18, 2005 at 6:07am
The Texan Theater opened in 1925 with 1393 seats.
posted by Lost Memory on Sep 9, 2005 at 4:09am
Read about The Ritz, also in Houston. That was apparently a 4th theatre connected by Horowitz' tunnels. It still operates as The Majestic, albeit as a banquet hall.
posted by rogerscorpion on Aug 2, 2006 at 12:20am
There are some interior and exterior photos of the Texan on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/2tadbk
posted by ken mc on Dec 6, 2007 at 6:13pm
The Texan Theater's grand opening was at 2 p.m. on April 4, 1925. The first movie to play there was "Janice Meredith" by Cosmopolitan Pictures. According to that day's Houston Post-Dispatch, the theater featured an orchestra pit, Texas history photos in the foyer, and a children's nursery in the basement. Actor J. Warren Kerrigan was slated to be present at the opening.
posted by Bob Machann on Nov 5, 2008 at 10:56am
The architects for this theater were Henry F. Jonas and Tabor. The building contractor was J.B. Townsend.
posted by Bob Machann on Nov 6, 2008 at 10:32am
A view from 1937 of the Texan Box Office and three characters, unknown.

posted by Don Lewis on Aug 17, 2009 at 9:19pm
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