The Morley - Borger, TX
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YoSam.
N 35° 40.381 W 101° 23.395
14S E 283696 N 3950313
Revamped and re-amped...shinning bright
Waymark Code: WMM68Q
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2014
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County of sign: Hutchinson County
Location of sign: 701 N. Main St., Borger
"The 1947 Morley Theater is a key component in the revitalization of downtown Borger, Texas. Borger is a famous Texas Panhandle oil-boom town that sprang up virtually overnight in 1926 after a massive oil strike.
"The Morley Theater came along in the late-1940’s as the town continued its efforts to change its image from lawless boomtown to a modern industrial city.
"The theater was designed by Jack Corgan of Dallas and was first operated by the Griffith-Consolidated Theater chain. Beginning in the 1980’s, Borger’s economy began to contract as oil industry jobs began drying up, leaving the Morley Theatre in a sad state of neglect and, at times, abandonment.
"In 2002, the local economic development group invested $2 million to restore the main auditorium and add four more screens in an adjacent building in order to bring first-run movies back to this town of 15,000." ~ cinema treasures