The Farr Best Theater - Mansfield, TX
N 32° 33.837 W 097° 08.520
14S E 674427 N 3604471
A City of Mansfield Historic Landmark sign on The Farr Best Theater at 109 N Main Street provides some history of this beautiful theater, still in use today as a place to see movies and live events.
Waymark Code: WMWA7Y
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2017
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The sign reads:
Opening October 10, 1917, the theater was operated successfully by the Farr family as Mansfield's only movie theater until the death of Roy Farr in 1975. It was sold to Charlotte Martin, who renamed it "Old Bijou Theater." In 1980, it was purchased by St. John Lutheran Church which met here until 1988. It was then sold to the Main Street Theater, Inc., a local theater group, providing entertainment in the form of live theater and stage shows.
Mansfield Historical Landmark 1996
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The Mansfield Historical Museum and Heritage Center will take you here on their Self-Guided Walking Tour #2, and they provide some complementary information:
Built in 1917 by M. M. Farr, the theater showed silent movies until 1929. It was enlarged in 1936 to double the seating. The building is a registered Mansfield Historic Landmark, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Group that erected the marker: City of Mansfield
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
109 N Main St
Mansfield, TX USA
76063
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