Jewel Theatre

518 6th Street N,
Texas City, TX 77590

Unfavorite No one has favorited this theater yet

Showing 1 comment

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 8, 2013 at 12:07 pm

The photo on this web page shows damage suffered by the Jewel Theatre in The April 19. 1947, Texas City disaster.

The web site of the antique shop that now occupies the building says that it was built in 1948, but I’d guess that parts of the original structure were saved. I’m sure that the auditorium side wall and roof had to be rebuilt, but the front of the theater is pretty much the same as it was before.

Texas City, by Albert Mitchell, says that the Jewel was in operation by 1915.