Ritz Theatre

201 E. Kaufman Street,
Rockwall, TX 75087

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 16, 2021 at 12:13 am

Studying the photos on the site robboehm mentioned I have concluded that the Ritz Theatre was on the northeast corner of Kaufman Street and San Jacinto Street, diagonally across the intersection from the square. It is now the location of a modern bank building with the address 201 E. Kaufman Street.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 15, 2021 at 11:53 pm

This web page says that the Ritz Theatre was opened on the north side of the town square in 1923 and operated for 35 years. The building has since been demolished. Unfortunately there’s no photo of the Ritz, though the page has photos of several other small town Texas theaters.

robboehm
robboehm on May 15, 2021 at 1:49 pm

I did a Google search of “Rockwall: Historical Photos-City of Rockwell.” There is a crawl on the home page including a burred photo of the Ritz. Since it was on the move I couldn’t capture it. Couldn’t find that image anywhere else.

rivest266
rivest266 on May 15, 2021 at 1:04 pm

Got an answer from the library

Thank you for your question. There’s a picture of the theater in Sheri Stodghill Fowler’s book Rockwall: Images of America on pg 91.

According to Fowler, a movie theater was located at the northeast corner of Kaufman and San Jacinto streets in downtown Rockwall for almost 40 years. The theater, named the Ritz, ran serials and first-run movies.

Fowler, Sheri Stodghill. Rockwall: Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. 2009.