Savoy Theatre
Jennings Avenue and Texas Street,
Fort Worth,
TX
76102
Jennings Avenue and Texas Street,
Fort Worth,
TX
76102
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Previously operated by: Inter-State Amusement Co.
Previous Names: Majestic Theatre
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This house opened November 27, 1905, as the Majestic Theatre, a vaudeville house in the expanding chain of Karl Hoblitzelle’s Interstate Amusement Company, based in St, Louis. Modern and capacious though the Majestic Theatre was, the company soon realized that its location was less than ideal for its purpose, and that Fort Worth could support a larger house, and on November 13, 1911 the New Majestic Theatre was opened on Commerce Street.
The original Majestic Theatre, renamed the Savoy Theatre, continued to operate for a time, primarily as a movie house, but before the end of the 1920’s the building had been gutted and infilled with floors for automobile storage, with a repair garage and filling station on the ground floor. The building, styled the Liberty Garage, was still standing as late as 1968, but had been demolished by 1970 for the realignment of Texas Street.
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This reopened as the Savoy on November 13th, 1911. 1905 and 1911 grand opening ads and articles uploaded in the photo section for this theatre.
This web pageis primarily about the second Majestic, with a focus on Harry Houdini’s appearance there in 1916, but there are three images about a third of the way down that pertain to the first Majestic. Most useful is the map, which shows the dormitories of St. Ignatius Academy, still standing across Jennings Avenue from the Savoy’s site. A line drawn through the axis of that building also passes through the Savoy building, allowing us to see that the theater stood just where the realigned Texas Street connects with the west side of Jennings Avenue.
This web page has four photos, and the one at upper right shows the side of the Savoy, probably around 1920. The wall has a sign, partly obscured, that appears to say “Professional Stock” indicating that for at least part of its history the Savoy operated as a legitimate house.
38 Jennings Avenue was the address for this theatre that closed as the Savoy Theatre on March 28, 1919 with live operatic performances. The building was converted later in the year to an auto garage.