Metro Theatre

From what I recall, this theater was in a "Quonset Hut" type building. It was operated by an older couple who worked the ticket booth and concession stand. I remember seeing "The Ten Commandments" there when I was about 10 or so.

Here is a 1984 photo. Style is quonset hut as mentioned above.
http://tinyurl.com/cnkruj

Here is another 1984 photo.

A view from 2009 of the Metro Theater building in Abilene.

There's some confusion here. The Cinema Treasures link on the Flickr photo page for the 2009 photo goes to the Brownwood Lyric Theatre page, even though the photo is captioned Metro Abilene. It isn't the Lyric, but I don't think it's the Metro either. It doesn't resemble the building in the 1984 photos at all.

The Google Maps link above goes to the wrong location. If fetches up in the 800 block. After finding the actual location of 1726 Butternut on Google Maps and checking the Street View, there's nothing resembling the building in either of the 1984 photos, or the one in the 2009 photo. If we've got the correct address, the Metro must have been demolished. I have no idea what building the 2009 photo actually depicts.

In the photo above from 4/28/09 you can see a fence and carport to the right of the Metro. Google Street View for the 1726 block of Butternut shows a new multi-story building, with a fence and carport to it's right. Just saying is all.....

If you want the map button above to show the correct location, you need the correct zip code which is 79602. I don't see any building that resembles a Quonset Hut at this address. Looks like it was demolished.

Now I'm really confused. I can't find a photo from 4/28/09. The photo Don Lewis linked to was dated as having been taken on May 11, 2009. Assuming it does depict the Metro, and the date is correct, we'd also have to assume that the Metro was demolished, the new multi-story building seen in Google Street View was built, and Google came by to take new photos of the block, all in the last 12 days.

I'm not saying that such a thing couldn't happen in Texas. Just that it's very unlikely.

I looked for this building on the Live.com map. Copy this: 1726 Butternut Street, Abilene, TX 79602 and paste it into the search box on the Live.com site. Switch to bird's eye view. I don't see any building that looks likes this building. Either the building is gone or the address above is incorrect.

That new building belongs to the Salvation Army and is apparently some sort of rehab center. It has the same address as the theater, so (assuming the theater address is correct) the Metro is gone. The Salvation Army building looks no more than a few years old. Unfortunately, Historic Aerials only has a 2004 photo for the location, and it's too blurry to tell if the theater was still there then or not. I'm quite sure it wasn't there on May 11 this year, though.

I meant the photo that was linked to in the post from Lost Memory on 4/28/09 at 6:27 pm. Trying not to get too technical.

Silicon, that is the same theatre, look at the photo link posted prior to LM's. The photo that LM posted is just of the front of the theatre.

As far as I know, they tore down all the Metro property when the Salvation Army bought the out of business theater. I remember when I was a kid I took a bunch of friends there for my birthday party---we saw Fantastic Voyage. There was an old lady that walked around with a flashlight all the time---you better not have your feet on the chair in front of you or she would get you.

According to "The Old Movie Theatre of Texas" the address is correct. Demolished in 2008 for the building of a Salvation Army Facility. Header should be changed to Closed/Demolished.