Liberty Theatre (I)

The first Liberty Theatre opened its doors for business on September 6, 1919 located at 210 S. Rusk Street by the Palmer Brothers. The theatre was sold to Herschel Stewart of the Southern Enterprise Company in 1920. In November of 1921, the Liberty was was burned when fire broke out in the projection room with over $4,000 in damages. W.B. Palmer was the owner of the theatre and made arrangements with H.S. Cole, the owner of the Lamb theatre to use his theatre so the Liberty could continue to show films. M.H. Hagaman owned the building which housed the Liberty Theatre.