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Rialto Theater (2001)
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About this site
Rialto Theater is a historic place in Beeville, Bee County, dedicated in 2001. It is one of 10 historic places documented in Bee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.4021, -97.7490 near Beeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Praeger Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr., Beeville on the Poesta, and Commerical National Bank.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2001001265. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Rialto Theater in downtown Beeville opened on August 19, 1922, presenting Douglas Fairbanks in "The Three Musketeers" in a 542-seat auditorium originally designed by W.C. Stephenson, architect of the Bee County Courthouse. Gutted by fire in 1936, it was rebuilt in Art Deco style with an extensively neon-lit marquee and operated until it closed in 1986. Now owned by a local preservation association and undergoing restoration, the Rialto is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and one of only a handful of historic movie theaters between Houston and McAllen listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Also at or near Beeville, Bee County
“Rialto Theater” names 2 distinct records in Bee County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 2001 in Beeville. The others:
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Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr.
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Rialto Theater
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