Lynn Theatre
512 St. Paul Street,
Gonzales,
TX
78629
512 St. Paul Street,
Gonzales,
TX
78629
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Looks like a nice theater. I hope it can reopen.
The last events at the Lynn Theatre posted on their Facebook page were movie showings on June 12, 13, and 14, 2020. If those showings did take place (there have been no posts to the page since June 12) then this house closed on June 14, 2020 with a showing of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” The “About” section at the top of the Facebook page now says “Permanently Closed.”
The minutes of the April 23, 2018 meeting of the Gonzales Economic Development Corporation reveal that, at that time at least, the Lynn was owned by the city’s EDC, and I have found no evidence that this has changed. If the Lynn Theatre has a future, it is in the hands of the City of Gonzales.
8/21 - Does not seem to be working, has a large “No Trespassers” sign on the front door. Seems just to be using the marque for city announcements etc. (current pics added)
My fiance' and I visited the Lynn Theater on 01/17/15 and Mary, the owner gave us a nice impromptu tour. She stated that she and her husband also operate another theater with a 3rd on the way. Hopefully they will be open a good long time. They have 3K resolution projectors but she and her husband are enthusiasts so the 35mm projectors were still in the booth so she explained how it all works now and how it used to work. Very nice lady.
The Lynn Theatre’s official web site link is dead. It appears that they are now using this Facebook page in lieu of an actual web site.
Great! Good news for the community.
the theatre is open now it re opened on november 2 2012 and is showing first run movies
Theatre opens March 16th 2012 as live theater.
Here is a fresh link to the March 1, 1947, Boxoffice item with architect Jack Corgan’s rendering of the proposed Texan Theatre in Gonzales, which was opened as the Lynn Theatre.
“For sale” – photo from April 2011: http://www.agilitynut.com/11/4/thelynn2.jpg
I’m sad to say it might not be in operation any more. This Easter weekend I passed through Gonzales and the TOOTH FAIRY is still in the poster boxes. Last time their web site was updated was Feb. 12, 2010 with THE TOOTH FAIRY listed for that date. Damn it, I hope they can get it going again.
Here is the Christmas Eve photo again:
http://tinyurl.com/y9p9e8l
When in the planning stage, this house was to be called the Texan Theatre, and that was the name on the vertical sign in architect Jack Corgan’s rendering of the proposed house, displayed in the “Just Off the Boards” feature of Boxoffice Magazine, March 1, 1947. The theater was being built for Lynn Smith, local associate of H.J. Griffith’s Theatre Enterprises Inc., and he apparently got the house after himself instead of using the name Texan. Smith also operated the Crystal Theatre in Gonzales.
The Boxoffice item gives the seating capacity as 900, and I think that’s probably much closer to the mark than the 1,200 given in the article from the San Antonio Express-News. The satellite views (the best is at Historic Images- the views at Google and Bing are both too blurry) show that the building is not very large, so even the Boxoffice claim of 900 could have been a bit exaggerated, as is often the case.
Anyway, by calc’s count in the comment of last May 27, the current seating capacity would be 435, if you include the 12 wheelchair spaces.
Boxoffice of October 2, 1948, gave the opening date of the Lynn Theatre as September 29.
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Great Picture JohnS.
The new paint job looks great. Here’s a night time photo of the neon taken Christmas eve 2009.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12335678@N00/
Nice looking theatre good to see that is is back up and running.Good thing they still use the old marquee and vertical.
I went by the the Lynn a few weeks ago on my way back from the valley. I just happened to catch them there at 30 minutes to showtime. Place looks real nicely done inside. Certainly different than the last time I was there.
If calc would give permission, I’d like to photograph the inside so we can all see how it turned out.
Looks like the theater is back up and running according to their website….
On the 5 photos I posted on ½/09, on the last one, which guy is the old owner, and which is the consultant? If you know, of course…
Their website said they will be reopening soon. A good sign…
Looks like the Lynn Theatre website bit the dust as well. Certainly not a good sign…
Sad that’s it’s closed for now…. But here are some photos taken during the reconstruction. These were taken soon after the asbestos removal, no restoration work had been done at this point, only removal. Last link should be of the owner and the consultant (on left). Name is Tim or Phil. Something like that. Said he’s opened several theaters around the state.
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I visited this theater in late October and it appears to be in great shape (exterior) and apparently operating. I could not enter the theater because it was locked on my visit.