Rialto Theater
408 W. Main Street,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
408 W. Main Street,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
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The Rialto Theater was opened May 7, 1925. Now old and dilapidated, it is hanging on as small local concert venue. It was a neat theater that switched to Spanish language movies in the mid-1960’s. It was owned and operated by the Jones family. It fits in on a deserted downtown street in Brownfield.
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Don Lewis
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Here is another photo of the Rialto:
http://tinyurl.com/hbpu7
My photograph of the RIALTO www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/221637519/
It looks to me like it burned sometime after that 2004 photo was taken.
Why do you say that?
Here is another 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/35smzg
Does anyone know if it is for sale? i had heard it was off and on and one guy owned it but had another and both were shot,, i blieve there is another theater just down the road that was bad owned by the same guy?
Here’s a photo that was just posted on instagram although it’s undated: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7v-8fEnzFY/
The artwork seems to have been restored. It is currently for sale.
I went through Brownfield again in 10/2021 and there seems to be a new painting on this theater. Not sure who covered the western artwork with A Stary Sky copy and red accents. Maybe the owner is trying to make it more attractive to sell. The western one was more meaningful to this part of Texas’s history.