La Rita Performing Arts Theatre
311 Denrock,
Dalhart,
TX
79022
311 Denrock,
Dalhart,
TX
79022
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This ornate little gem opened in the 1920’s. The facade is yellow brick with red brick patterns as well as a wealth of glazed terra-cotta ornamentation. A large retail window on the right side appears to have been filled in during restoration, but at least they tried to match the brick and patterns.
The theater is now used as a performing arts venue.
Contributed by
Seth Gaines
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This is the web site for the LaRita Theatre http://larita.org/ and it seems that the theatre is still open. Some great pictures of the theatre on their website.
Charles, I’ve been listing as closed things that are no longer movie theaters. I don’t see much difference between retail and music shows as far as cinema goes. Of course one preserves the venue better, but neither shows any movies, which is what the site is about. I also am not sure about listing the performing arts places under their current names. After all, this was just the La Rita Theater, and we should list it as such. We don’t list the MacArthur Theater in DC as a CVS.
Photo of the La Rita Theatre.
View link courtesy seth
Here is a photo of the La Rita Theater.
There is a photo of the interior of the Larita in the 2009 Texas Travel Guide. Rather plain but beautiful.
Other Voices, Other Towns: The Traveler’s Story, by Caleb Pirtle III, says that the La Rita Theatre closed as a movie house in 1957 and remained dark for nearly a third of a century, finally being renovated for use by the Dalhart Community Theatre in 1989.