Plaza Theatre
120 S. Houston Street,
Wharton,
TX
77488
120 S. Houston Street,
Wharton,
TX
77488
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The Plaza Theatre operated as a movie theatre from March 1942 until its closing in the 1970’s. The Plaza Theatre reopened in 1995 as a live entertainment theatre. More history can be found on their website.
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Here is a 2008 photo.
The last movie to show at the Plaza before it closed was Horton Foote’s “1918”. That was in June 1985.
Historical Marker outside the Plaza Theater HERE
1984 Photo
Here is another 1984 photo.
1984 Night Photo
This is a 2009 photo.
Another 2009 photo is here.
The Plaza opened at 7:15 p.m. on March 19, 1942. The premier feature was “The Vanishing Virginian” with Frank Morgan and Kathryn Grayson. The Plaza was operated by Long Theatres, and Ernest Shultz of Rosenberg, Texas was the Plaza’s architect.
The architect’s correct name was Ernest L. Shult. The Plaza was listed as a 1941 project in a list of Shult’s theater designs published in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog.
The official web site for the Plaza Theatre has moved to this URL.