Fair Theater - Plainview, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 34° 11.263 W 101° 42.192
14S E 250881 N 3786272
The Fair offers a venue for plays, musicals, movies and symphonic performances, as well as a place for birthday parties, weddings and business meetings and seminars and comes complete with access to its lighting, sound systems and a large screen.
Waymark Code: WM135B8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2020
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Cinama TreasuresThis theater was designed in the Prairie school style, with the street level receiving a streamline update at some point (although the old purple glass transoms remain). It's a simple tan brick structure with white accents, and rather a lot of windows for a cinema. The vertical marquee seems to date from the late ‘20s or early '30s. It’s been turned into a community theater, and the lobby looks rather opulent."
NRHP Nomination Form
"Built in 1925 as first building in Plainview specifically designed to be a motion picture theater. Built by Solon Clements and operated by Roy Mitchell. Brick; two stories at front of building, stepping down toward rear. Some herringbone brickwork inlays. Stone parapet cap and stringcourses, some inlaid medallions. Original facade had two commercial spaces and theater entrance with four French doors and curvilinear awning; all windows and doors topped by Luxor prisms. Covered in 1970s with new stucco facade."
Year Theater Opened: 1925
Number of Screen(s): 1
Web site: [Web Link]
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
Concessions Available: Not Listed
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