Crighton Theatre

Conroe, TX

234 North Main Streeet

, Conroe, TX 77301 United States

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Status:	Open
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Atmospheric, Italian Renaissance

Function:	Live Performances
Seats:	1106
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Emile Weil
Firm:	Unknown

The Crighton Theatre opened in 1934 seating 1,106. It is still a beautiful theatre that has been fully restored. The front of the theatre is in Corinthian style with four columns running down the front of the building with concrete urns on the roof level above each column. The facade is done in a polished granite and has a beige tint to it. There are five windows on the second level with stained glass above each.

The entrance level is covered from side to side with a flat marquee. The front doors look to be the original with pains of glass from top to bottom. Above each door is a rectangular stained glass window.

The lobby is rather large and well preserved. The floors are a highly polished red brick similar to cobblestones. There is a stair case on each side of the lobby that leads to the balcony. In the center of the lobby is a large crystal chandelier and small ones on each side of the lobby.

The Crighton Theatre is now the home of the Montgomery County Performing Arts Society after standing vacant for over a decade. It went through a renovation and reopened in 1979.

Contributed by Chuck Van Bibber

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Theatre opened on 26 November 1935 and now has 533 seats.David Naylor's book,Great American Movie Theaters,lists the architect as Emile Weil,but the theatre's website,www.crightontheatre.org,states the architect was Blum E Hester.It closed in the mid 1960's and the style is atmospheric.Naylor calls it a "Venetian variation on the Florentine atmospheric theme".

posted by atmos on Jan 11, 2007 at 3:02am

A 2003 view of the Crighton theater in Conroe.

posted by Don Lewis on May 19, 2008 at 12:20pm

The word Street in the address above is spelled wrong. Crighton Theater website.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 27, 2008 at 9:55am

Here is another photo of the Crighton Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 17, 2008 at 4:49pm

This is a 2009 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Mar 7, 2009 at 5:48pm

1984 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 29, 2009 at 2:54pm

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