This theater isn’t totally demolished; at least not yet. It was on the same block as the Houston Chronicle, and was absorbed by the Chronicle after the theater closed in the ‘40s. Before that, around 1915 or so, financier Jesse Jones actually bought the “air rights” above it to build the inverted L-shaped Milam Building to accommodate the new larger Houston Club. In the '60s, all of these connected buildings were covered with a white-marble and dark-glass facade to give the illusion that they were all one building. The complex remained like that until the Chronicle moved its operations to the old Houston Post building on the SW Freeway in spring of 2016. The downtown complex of buildings were sold and will be demolished later this year. THEN, we can say that the Majestic/Palace has finally been torn down.
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This theater isn’t totally demolished; at least not yet. It was on the same block as the Houston Chronicle, and was absorbed by the Chronicle after the theater closed in the ‘40s. Before that, around 1915 or so, financier Jesse Jones actually bought the “air rights” above it to build the inverted L-shaped Milam Building to accommodate the new larger Houston Club. In the '60s, all of these connected buildings were covered with a white-marble and dark-glass facade to give the illusion that they were all one building. The complex remained like that until the Chronicle moved its operations to the old Houston Post building on the SW Freeway in spring of 2016. The downtown complex of buildings were sold and will be demolished later this year. THEN, we can say that the Majestic/Palace has finally been torn down. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/bayou-city-history/article/Throwback-Thursday-to-Houston-s-past-6555118.php#photo-9383328