Lyric Theatre
E. Harris Street,
Spur,
TX
79370
E. Harris Street,
Spur,
TX
79370
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The Lyric Theatre was opened on March 9, 1925 with Jack Holt in “North of 36”. It had closed by 1933 when it had been converted into a grocery store.
When I discovered the Lyric Theatre in Spur about 24 years ago, it was just a red brick shell of a building. The roof was gone, and several wooden seats and the stage were still visible. It was around the corner from the Palace Theatre which has fared better.
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Don Lewis
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Looks to be in the mid 100 block of W. Harris St. Outer building still looks there, I matched up the sign, rows of bricks above and below the sign, and missing bricks at the top row to identify. Not sure why the color in the picture is gray, other than Photoshopped to bring out the lettering on the sign.
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Oooops, I meant mid 100 block of E. Harris St.
From 1986 a partial view of the front of the Lyric in Spur
According to the Dickens County Times in 1925, the Lyric Theatre had its first show on Monday, March 9, 1925, in its new home on Harris Street. The program was “The North of 36”. Mr. W. W. Flournoy was the owner and manager of the Lyric Theatre when it opened. He sold his interest in the Lyric Theatre and part ownership of the Spur Theatre to M.A. Lea, Sr and his son, M.A. Lea, Jr in February of 1928. By 1933, the building was being remodeled for a grocery store owned by J.H. Moore, Sr.