Cactus Theater
1812 Buddy Holly Avenue,
[off I-27 & 19th Street],
Lubbock,
TX
79401
1812 Buddy Holly Avenue,
[off I-27 & 19th Street],
Lubbock,
TX
79401
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Originally built in 1938 with 720 seats. Restored in 1995, with scenic murals around the interior walls, it now offers live performances and movies.
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G.E.Nordell
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Okay Don. I thought it was a recent photo. I was wondering what the people with the tribute to Sinatra tickets would say when they arrived at the Greer Iron Works for the show. LOL
Photos of Cactus marquee at night with star peformer – 1997.
Porfirio Baz is now a Baptist pastor and Spanish-language television news anchor in Lubbock. He was a television and music star in Mexico and Latin America. My wife and I pose with him in one of these.
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Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1998
Cactus Theater (added 1998 – Building – #98000447)
1812 Buddy Holly Ave., Lubbock
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Theater
One more photo of the Cactus Theater can be seen here.
Oklahoma historical Society presents good (1939) photographs of the Cactus Theatre exterior & interior. This vintage shot can be seen by typing in word “cactus”, then search,
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Many Lubbock theaters shown. El Capitan; Plaza; Clifton; Lindsey; Cactus; Westerner Drive-In; Corral; Broadway; Midway; Plains Drive-In; Arnett-Benson; Arcadia.
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From the drop-down box choose: Buildings-Commercial-Movie Theaters
Search theatre and drive-in and there are other arial shots of other drive-ins, etc.
ENJOY!
This is another photo of the Cactus Theater.
Here is a November 2008 photo.
This opened on April 8th, 1938. Ad to come at movie-theatre.org
The Cactus theatre was owned by LINDSEY THEATRES in Lubbock.