Alamo Theater
426 W. Main Street,
Baytown,
TX
77520
426 W. Main Street,
Baytown,
TX
77520
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This theatre was located at what is now a vacant lot at 426 West Main Street in Baytown Texas although it’s address prior to consolidation of the Tri-Cities of Baytown, Goose Creek, and Pelly was Main St and 2nd Avenue in Pelly. This theater was in operation till around 1950 when it was bought by the Mormon Church and turned into a peanut butter factory which was in operation till the late 70’s-early 80’s. After that it was bought again and used for storage. At some point it was torn down and now another church owns the vacant lot.
A “Fifty Years Ago” feature in the August 28, 1987, issue of The Baytown Sun said that the Alamo Theatre opened on that date in 1937. It replaced a house called the Nu-Gulf Theatre which had burned to the ground the previous year. A similar feature in the April 7, 1987, issue of the paper had said this:
The Alamo Theatre was located on W. Main Street in Pelly. I haven’t been able to pin down the exact location, but like the Port Theatre it was on a corner lot. No buildings fitting its description are standing in the area today, so it has probably been demolished.