Cole Theater
290 W. San Antonio Street,
New Braunfels,
TX
78130
290 W. San Antonio Street,
New Braunfels,
TX
78130
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Additional Info
Previous Names: Opera House
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The Schmidt Building contained the Opera House. In 1940 it was modernised and reopened as the Cole Theater. It suffered a devastating fire on January 21, 1941.
The Brauntex Theater was built on the site which opened in 1942 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures)
Contributed by
Glen Carr / Don Lewis / Billy Smith
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From 1941 a photo of the Cole with fire fighters at work and black smoke billowing from the theater.
Opened in the existing Schmidt Building - also known as the Opera House - as the new Cole Theatre for G.A. Cole as a holiday gift to the city in 1940. But it delivered a lump of coal burning prior to showtimes on January 21, 1941 when flames engulfed the aged building. It was replaced by the far superior Brauntex Theatre opening a year later in January 1942.