Main Theater
509 E. Main Street,
Nacogdoches,
TX
75961
509 E. Main Street,
Nacogdoches,
TX
75961
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The building is currently used as an apartment complex. Function should be housing.
It won’t be torn down. Daily Sentinel is subscription only, so I don’t know any details, such as will the neon sign and fleur-de-lis be left alone. I assume they will be.
http://dailysentinel.com/news/article_036b0ab8-b5b4-11e0-badb-001cc4c03286.html?mode=image&photo=1
Boxoffice of February 24, 1951, ran an item about the grand opening of the Main Theatre. The date of the event was not mentioned, but it had apparently taken place earlier that month. The item gave the seating capacity of the Main as 1,100, adding that it was the largest movie house in the area.
An April 8, 1950, Boxoffice item had given the name of the architect of the Main Theatre as L. C. Kyburz. It’s likely that Kyburz designed a number of other theaters. He was a long-time stockholder in the Jefferson Amusement Company, and sat on its board of directors. The J. Evan Miller collection of Cinemrama Theatre plans also attributes the Windsor Cinerama Theatre in Houston to Kyburz.
A July 11, 1953, Boxoffice item about the closing of the Texan Theatre in Nacogodoches said that a Nacogdoches house called the Stone Fort Theatre had been closed when the Main opened, but was still fully equipped. The Main, the Stone Fort, and the Texan were all operated by East Texas Theatres. In the 1930s there had also been a theater called the Rita at Nacogdoches.
Sad looking photos.
Does anyone know the history behind the Main Theatre? I’m not finding much on the internet.
Two images I shot of the MAIN March 2007.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/458969116
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/458969114
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2q85vw
More photos: View link
any for sale listing on this building?
great pic/
any more info on this theater…………..
Great photo, Los Memory. I’ve taken a few, too, but none better than yours.
My mother and her neighbors tell me that an interested buyer of this theatre was thwarted by the Goodwill store that is located in the same building. Something about how the Goodwill Industries did not want to vacate its lease??? Anyway, apparently someone wanted to buy the building and turn the theatre into a dinner theatre, but was unable to do so due to these complications.
A real shame. I love this theatre.