Palace Theater
N. Elm Street,
Denton,
TX
76201
N. Elm Street,
Denton,
TX
76201
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In September 1922 Grover Campbell purchased the Strand Theater from Lee Poole who had opened it in November of 1920. Campbell remodeled the theater and renamed it the Palace Theater. It changed hands once more in 1932 when Interstate Theaters took it over.
Intersate remodeled it into a top rate attraction which had a twenty four year run and closed in 1956. The Palace Theater stood door to door with the Dreamland Theater and Texan Theater on what was known as "theater row" on Elm street.
Contributed by
Billy Holcomb / Billy Smith / Don Lewis
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A view from 1938 of the Palace Theater in Denton Texas.
Is this theatre still standing?
Hi Patsy. As per Billy Holcomb “Yes the Palace building is still standing on the west side of the town square.
The Texas became the Fine Arts and the Dreamland stood next door south of the Fine Arts. The very next door south of the Dreamland was the Palace.
All three buildings are very much standing, known in their hey day as Theater Row.”
Then why hasn’t someone or some preservation/arts group restored at least one of them on “Theater Row”? BTW, if you are in Texas have you ever been to the newly restored Palace in Georgetown TX (suburb of Austin)?
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Texas preservation groups are in the minority, and most who can do anything pertaining to old movie palace’s have no sense of history.
Many structures which housed old theaters still stand, but most are
too young to realize they onced were theaters.
It is an uphill battle everywhere, but in Texas, old theaters are
at the bottom of the list for consideration, although they were so
much for progress half a century ago.
Pictures are very rare of old theaters, but show up on Don’s site. billy h.
panhandle: Thanks for the updated information concerning Texas preservation groups though a sad scenario.