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| Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark
110 E. Columbia St. |
Historical
Marker TextAugus
Theatre Constructed
in the 1920s by prominent citizen E. H. Blount, this building was originally divided
for three businesses including a barber shop. The structure is best known for
the Augus Theatre, operated by William M. Wade, which moved into the central portion
in 1927; it was expanded in 1933 and occupied the western two-thirds until 1972.
The Wade family continued to operate the theatre, a major social center of San
Augustine, until the late 1960s. Russell Lee photographs taken in the 1930s
assured the authenticity of a 1990s renovation. The structure continues to reflect
a commercial building of the 1920s.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1998 |
Augus
Theatre Historical Marker
Photos
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2010 |
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