Palace Theatre - Grapevine Commercial Historic District - Grapevine, TX
N 32° 56.343 W 097° 04.707
14S E 679641 N 3646168
The Palace Theatre is at 300 S Main St, and it is a contributing building to the Grapevine Commercial Historic District.
Waymark Code: WMY0R9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2018
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The National Register's Continuation Sheet (see narrative link) notes that "Kirby Buckner also developed local entertainment businesses and opened the first Palace Theater in the mid-1920s in the 300 block of South Main." The
Boundary Increase form for the district provides a description of this second incarnation of the Palace:
The New Palace Theater was built at a cost of $25,000. Described in the Grapevine Sun as a "structure [that] would fit well in any large city," the theater's front facade was "white stucco with maroon tile extending for a height of seven feet along the front. Poster frames [were] built into the tile and [were] covered with glass. The attraction board [served] as a border for [a] V shaped marquee that [could] accommodate two lines of lettering 16 feet long, with two tubes of white florescent neon behind each line of letters (Grapevine Sun, 1940).
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In Arcadia's Images of America "Grapevine", by the Grapevine Historical Society, there are a few photos of the theater in days gone by, noting that it was restored in 2000. Today, it is joined at the hip with the building at 310 S Main -- now the Lancaster Theatre -- to form the Palace Arts Center.
Note that while this building is listed on the Continuation Sheet as 308 S Main, the conjoined 308 and 310 are now 300 S Main St.