Gaylynn Theatre

745 N.11th Street,
Beaumont, TX 77704

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lostmemory
lostmemory on April 28, 2009 at 4:50 pm

The Gaylynn was a twin in this 1983 photo.

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 11, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Listed in 1955 with 1,257 seats. The address was 745 North 11th Street.

teecee
teecee on March 10, 2005 at 6:11 am

Site is now part of a hospital:

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital breaks ground on $95 million improvement
11/19/2002 CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont officially broke ground on $95 million in improvements that have already been underway. The new improvements include an outpatient center, a five-story medical office building and a six-story parking garage all attached to the hospital by overhead walkways. The new improvements will be at the site of the old Gaylynn Theater, which was torn down in September.The expansion will enable the hospital to serve more patients and improve their accessibility to services, said Ed Meyers, president of Christus Health Southeast Texas.

teecee
teecee on March 10, 2005 at 5:54 am

Looks like it opened on 11/18/49. Here is a link to an artist’s interpretation of the theater from 1956:
http://randywelborn.com/008.shtml

You might browse this site for other theaters of interest to you.
Unfortunately, the artist also reports this theater as demolished.