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Texas Theater (Palace Theater)

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1926, Theodore S. Maffitt; 1936 remodeled; c. 1990 restored. 107 S. Waco St.

Built in 1926 as the Palace Theater by R and R Theaters and designed by Palestine (Texas) architect Maffitt, the theater was updated in 1929 with a name change and remodeled in 1936 with the Moderne vertically banded front replacing the original classical facade. Dallas-based Harold B. Robb and E. H. Rowley built R and R theaters across three states and also operated the Best/Ritz Theater on the south side of the square.

The three-story former bank nearby at S. Waco and E. Elm, built between 1905 and 1911, has diffused glass in the upper sash of third-floor windows, a sign that spaces inside were used to class cotton with the aid of shadowless north light.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Hillsboro City Library (U.S. Post Office)
Courthouse Square Commercial Buildings
Old Western Union Building
Hill County Courthouse
City Department of Economic Development (Hillsboro City Hall and Fire Department)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Texas Theater (Palace Theater)", [Hillsboro, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-GH22.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 266-266.

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