Fine Arts Theatre
115 N. Elm Street,
Denton,
TX
76201
115 N. Elm Street,
Denton,
TX
76201
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This April 26, 2020 article from Broadway World Dallas has about a dozen photos of the Fine Arts Theatre taken in March, 2018.
This web page from the Denton County Office of History and Culture has a few historic photos. It says that the theater building was built in 1890 on the site of an opera house built in 1877. The building was occupied by a funeral parlor and then a furniture store until being converted for the Texas Theatre in 1935.
The original restoration project’s Facebook page is still up, but hasn’t been updated since 2014. Likewise their Twitter page. The Facebook page is worth scrolling through, though, as it also has some vintage photos. I don’t think the current owners of the building have anything to do with those pages. I can’t find anything recent about them, so the whole project appears to be in limbo.
I checked the inside of the Fine Arts today and it seems that the lobby and auditorium was destroyed, and the walls were severely beaten up as well. However, there was a chance on renovation in the near future.
Grand opening ad as Texas below:
This reopened as the Fine Arts on November 6th, 1957. Another ad posted.
The Dallas Group Behind The Texas Theatre Plans To Bring A Similar Model To The Historic Venue It Plans To Re-Open On Denton’s Downtown Square In 2020 https://www.centraltrack.com/owners-of-dallas-texas-theatre-buy-dentons-fine-arts-theatre/
We are currently working on restoration of the Historic Fine Arts Theater. Please follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Also, thanks to all of you who have done research, shared photos, etc. www.facebook.com/TheFineArtsTheater Twitter: @FineArtsTheater
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Great News!…… Fine Arts Theatre is being restored and hopefully opened in fall 2014. https://www.facebook.com/TheFineArtsTheater
I think this is a W. Scott Dunne design.
A 1938 view of the Texas Theater in Denton before it became the Fine Arts.
The Fine Arts Theater was built as the Graham Opera House in 1877
by George & Henry Fastorff.
In 1935 the Interstate Theater Circuit remodeled the building, and
put the Texas Theater into operation.
In 1954, the Texas was purchased by Trans Texas Theaters, and in
1957, it recieved yet another new name Fine Arts.
The structure went through some tough times, but is still standing
as a reminder of yesteryear. Billy H
A photo of the Fine Arts Theater @ this link.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2172709853
here’s a collection of photos from last year, when being turned into a church:
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