Palace Theatre

Joe Vogel on March 15, 2012 at 5:43 pm

If the three theaters on the west side of the square were all in a row, the address of the Palace must have been 109 N. Elm Street. The Texas/Fine Arts was on a double lot at 113-115 N. Elm, which would have put the Dreamland next door at 111 N. Elm, and so the Palace would have been at 109 N. Elm. The lots at 105-107 are now a parking lot, and the Sherman Building occupies the double corner lot at 101-103.

I can’t find a construction year for the building currently at 109 N. Elm, but the building at 111, on the site of the Dreamland, was built in 1955, according to the property report on this page at City-Data.com. As the building at 109 has a facade almost identical to the building at 111, and both are the same height, they look like they were built at the same time.

At the very least, everything between the side walls of the Palace was probably gutted, and an entirely new facade (and probably roof) built in 1955.

millsbranch on October 11, 2009 at 8:38 am

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.

Patsy on October 10, 2009 at 9:03 am

Is this theatre still standing?