Rialto Theater
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N 28° 27.644 W 098° 10.981
14R E 579985 N 3148513
A marker and Medallion by the old Rialto vintage movie theater on Thornton St. in downtown Three Rivers (Live Oak County), still in use today!
Waymark Code: WMZ8ZY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2018
Views: 11
Marker Number: 18459
Marker Text:
This theater traces its roots to the developmental years of Three Rivers. From 1913 to the mid-1920s, movies were shown in tents. By the 1930s, Beeville Theater owners W.S. and J.S. Hall Jr. built a one-story movie house near the railroad tracks. It served until 1948 when the Halls built this theater designed by renowned Dallas architect Jack Corgan. The Streamline Moderne theater featured air conditioning, restrooms and a balcony. The theater closed in 1981. In 2000, the Economic Development Corporation of Three Rivers restored the building. Equipped with advanced digital projectors, it reopened in 2001.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2016
Marker is property of the State of Texas
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