Rialto Theatre

420 W. Chickasha Avenue,
Chickasha, OK 73108

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 28, 2021 at 11:00 am

Closed in 1957 as a movie house, but remains as a special events theater until 1961.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 1, 2016 at 7:38 pm

Local architect E. H. (Enos Henry) Eads was interviewed for an article in the April 15, 1920, edition of the Chickasha Daily Express, at the time construction of this theater began. Because it was a conversion of an existing structure, Eads made the far too optimistic estimate of forty days for completion of the project.

The project was apparently scaled down a bit as well, since the newspaper reported that it would have 942 seats, and would include a balcony, and twelve boxes each seating four people. Eads also acted as contractor on the project.