Haskell Theatre
118 N. Haskell Avenue,
Dallas,
TX
75226
118 N. Haskell Avenue,
Dallas,
TX
75226
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The Haskell Theatre was opened in 1921. It was destroyed by a fire in December 1951.
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Jack Coursey
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The Haskell Theatre seated 472 people.
Here is an article from the Galveston Daily News dated 12/17/51:
FIRE GUTS THEATER
DALLAS, Dec. 16 (IT)â€"Fire gutted a Dallas theater early Sunday, breaking out 14 minutes after it had closed. The four-alarm blaze at the Haskell Theater was reported at 11:49 p.m. No one was in the theater when it began.
Seating in 1950 was 485. Not listed in 1955. Maybe it wasn’t rebuilt after the fire.
An old movie theater ad from 1949 for the Haskell Theatre.
The Haskell Theatre was never rebuilt after the fire in 1951. It was demolished. Seating listed at the time of the fire was 485. Initially opened in the mid-1930’s.
The Haskell Theatre is listed at 118 N. Haskell Avenue in the 1929 Film Daily Yearbook. That would place it in the block between Main and Elm Streets, which would open the possibility that it was the project mentioned in the July 6, 1921, issue of The American Architect: