Marker Inscription
Entertainment/Recreation
Historic Place
Cactus Theater
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About this site
Cactus Theater is a historic place in Lubbock, Lubbock County, dedicated in 1998. It is one of 9 historic places documented in Lubbock County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 51 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.5785, -101.8445 near Lubbock. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot (historic place), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lubbock Post Office and Federal Building, Lubbock County, and Citizens National Bank of Lubbock.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2098000447. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Cactus Theater, Lubbock's first suburban neighborhood movie house, opened on April 8, 1938 with the film "Wings over Honolulu." Financed by A.M. Leftwich for about $30,000 and designed in Art Deco style by architect Robert Maxey, it seated 720 and boasted more than 750 feet of neon on its marquee. The theater closed in 1958, was restored as a live-performance venue in 1994-95 as part of Lubbock's Depot District, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1998.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgtshaonline.org
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