Nixon Theatre
219 N. Nixon Avenue,
Nixon,
TX
78140
219 N. Nixon Avenue,
Nixon,
TX
78140
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The Nixon Theatre was part of the Frels Theatres chain in the early-1960’s.
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Ken McIntyre
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The Nixon Theatre has a somewhat confusing history. The August 7, 1937, issue of Boxoffice Magazine reported that the Nixon Theatre had burned down the previous Monday, and that owner D.P. Luckie was remodeling another building into a theater to replace it. On August 21, Boxoffice reported that Luckie had opened the new location, which had 325 seats.
Then there’s an item in the December 21, 1945, issue of Boxoffice saying that Raymond F. Smith was designing a theater to be built at Nxon for Rubin Frels. The October 12, 1946, issue of the magazine announced that Frels' new house had opened, but the scan of the page is so bad that I can’t read the name of the new theater.
What is certain is that later issues of Boxoffice name Frels as the operator of the house, so the Nixon Theatre in the photos is probably the 1946 building designed by Raymond F. Smith. Boxoffice offers no clue as to whether or not this building occupied the site of either of the earlier theaters of the same name.
I might be wrong but I’m thinking the Freis is a owners name maybe. Here is a photo of the Nixon. Have no idea where I came across this theater photo but it matches the later pictures attached above by LOST MEMORY.
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Seems to be a girl in the box office on the right and it almost looks like maybe a popcorn machine on the sidewalk next to the man. Maybe? I’ve been to this place. The building is gone but you can see the tile floor of the entrance and where the restrooms were.
Its amazing in Lost Memorys photos how good the vertical sign still looked next the the condition of the building.
The Nixon theater was torn down so this vacant lot is where it used to be. You can still see the ceramic tile flooring on the ground and the outline of the stadium seating isles on the wall of the building next to it.
219 N. Nixon Ave.