State Theater
Winters,
TX
79567
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Previously operated by: Griffith Amusement Company, H & H Theatre Co.
Functions: Office Space
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The State Theater was a movie theater in downtown Winters. It was opened in 1937 by the H&H Theatres chain. It was taken over by Griffith Amusement Company for a while before returning to H&H Theatres. It was closed on June 9, 1979. It was converted into office space.
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Listed in Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition as having 632 seats. It is still listed as operating in the 1950 edition.
I spent the summer of 1958 or 1959 in Winters visiting my uncle who had his veterinarian’s office in the screen of the Fiesta Drive-In, South of town on U.S. 83. I remember a closed movie theater in downtown Winters, recognizable from the architecture. I was only about 14 years old so the details are a little vague, but I think it may have been a lawyer’s office. I’m sure it was no longer in use as a theater.
In 1970 the State was part of H&H Theaters, H.J. Hodge Jr, accountant-partner, per the IMPA of that year.
The State Theatre was opened in 1937 by Homer Hodge at 106 South Main Street. Griffith Amusements operated it for a stretch with Hodge returning later. It was equipped with widescreen projection in 1954 to present CinemaScope films. The State closed on June 9, 1979. Homer Hodge offered the building as a donation to the City of Winters in 1981 (which it declined). The building was retrofitted as a professional building in 1983 and is used - as of the 2020s - as a retail building.