7th Street Theatre

3128 W. 7th Street,
Fort Worth, TX 76107

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Previously operated by: Interstate Theatres Inc. & Texas Consolidated Theaters Inc.

Styles: Art Deco

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7th Street TheaterĀ© Fort Worth TX  Billy Smith / Don Lewis

The 7th Street Theatre was a classic neighborhood theatre with a large combination sign and marquee extending out from the front of the building. It had a rounded box office to the side of the front doors with movie poster frames on both sides of the doors. It was opened August 27, 1948 with Van Johnson in “The Bride Goes Wild”. It was closed in 1999.

Its demolition was temporarily halted at one point, but it did not survive the wrecking ball.

Contributed by Don Lewis

Recent comments (view all 12 comments)

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 27, 2006 at 3:40 pm

This news article is dated 10/12/02:

FORT WORTH—The shell of the historic 7th Street Theatre could be bulldozed as early as Monday if the nonprofit group that owns the property opts to reactivate its demolition permit. What’s left of the building, at 3128 W. Seventh St., has been protected from demolition for the past six months in hopes that an alternative use could be found. That stay expires at midnight tonight, clearing the way for the FPA Foundation to reinstitute its demolition certificate.

danhostler1985
danhostler1985 on October 30, 2007 at 7:09 am

I miss this theater. Very humble and laid back. Excellent service and very true to its standards. Sure don’t make them like this anymore…

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on March 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm

Two 1993 photos of the demolished 7th Street Theater here and here. Fort Worth you could saved this classic, landmark movie theater.

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on December 30, 2010 at 9:28 pm

From 1993 photos of the 7th Street Theatre in Ft Worth. [Please click thumbnails for larger view].

Local619
Local619 on July 13, 2011 at 6:46 pm

Photo from “the flood of 1949”

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10751?size=_original

Driveintheatre2001
Driveintheatre2001 on January 23, 2012 at 12:50 am

A photo I took of the 7th Street Theatre sometime around 2001..

Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on February 18, 2014 at 8:03 pm

I just re-added the May 1949 flood photo. Courtesy of the Traces Of Texas Facebook page.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 24, 2018 at 11:08 am

This opened on August 27th, 1948. Grand opening ad in the photo section.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 28, 2018 at 1:52 pm

And closed in 1999.

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