Texas Theatre
33-35 West Twohig Avenue,
San Angelo,
TX
76903
33-35 West Twohig Avenue,
San Angelo,
TX
76903
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The Texas Theatre opened on Thanksgiving day 1929. It was first owned by R&R Theatres of Dallas, TX. This is a mammoth theater for a small city. I’d guess it’s four to five stories tall. The facade was your typical Mission style with bell towers and tile roofs, but at some point, perhaps during the 1940’s, a streamline style facade covered all but the top story. This facade features a huge outline of Texas which looks as though it had neon tubing at one point. The marquee is most impressive, even if all the tubing is gone.
United Artists Theatre bought it in 1956, and it closed in 1971.
The theater appears to have been derelict for some time, and it looked like someone was working on it in 2004, but nothing happened. The interior looks rather stripped down, and the lobby was glassed in at some point with the removal of the external ticket booth. Old painted ads are still visible on the back which proclaim that the Texas Theatre is ‘the largest and finest in the West’.
The theatre is for sale at $150,000.00 but it would need $6m for restoration.
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Seth Gaines, Glen Carr
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Those are some fantastic photos. The theater seems to be in sound shape and would be beautiful if fully restored.
Nice photos, what the latest word on the rehab of this theatre?
That theatre MUST be saved!
From 1961 a movie ad from the Texas Theatre in San Angelo.
Still closed, but the facade and marquee look in good shape – very fancy marquee! Looks like the building is a converted church.
Thanks Don,for the ad.
I would love to get my grandfather back in here. He is always telling me stories about all the theaters in San Angelo that were run by Rowley United. I was showing him the pictures that Mrs. Durbin posted on here. he told me about the ceiling, and how they changed the lights, the bolier in the basement, and the building on the roof.
I dont know where this picture of the Texas came from but it never ever looked like this photo guranteed.Glen Carr care taker since 1969
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks this photo is totally wrong for the Texas Theater in San Angelo.
If you look at photos from the 1930’s and early 1940’s the photo in the header looks the same. The front facade was completely covered over in a remodel sometime in the 1940’s. The current facade looks nothing like the original.