Ellis Theatre
217 S. Main Street,
Perryton,
TX
79070
217 S. Main Street,
Perryton,
TX
79070
2 people
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This small theatre appears to have been built in the 1920’s, but heavily modified. The marquee is wonderful, and probably dates from the 1940’s or 1950’s. The street level has received an unfortunate coating of small multicolored tiles, possibly at the same time the new marquee was put up. The theater has probably been twinned. It was advertising two movies, but only one showtime. There is also a video rental business on the premises. The Ellis Theatre closed on October 3, 2016. It was reopened under new operators in early-2018.
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Seth Gaines
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This one’s bigger than it looks! It has an opera pit. It also has hanging lamps with cherubs on them. I guess they were oil or gas lights??? Others things have certainly been “modernized.” Still it’s a pretty interesting theatre.
I just met the Ellis’s owner, and he has plans to restore it as we speak. In fact, he making really good progress. The main auditorium looks great! It has some really interesting mural work, and yes, the hanging lamps are still there. There are 4 of them in all. I mistakenly said the featured cherubs. In fact, they feature women figures dressed in flowing blue gowns. They’re quite impressive. The twin auditorium is the next door building, but it was “twinned” in such a way as to not harm the original theatre.
It’s a really nice theatre!
Charles, I have regular, paper photos of the Ellis but nothing digital. Guess I need to finally buy a new camera. Cindy and I love visiting these old theaters, meeting their owners, and hearing their stories. We’ve been to quite a few in Oklahoma, Kansas, eastern Colorado, and the Texas Panhandle. Do you have any favorites in these areas that we might enjoy visiting?
We plan on revisiting this one this summer to see the restoration progress. I’ll make sure we take digital pix this time. The Lyric Theatre in Spearman, TX., is also close to this one. We’ll visit and photograph it, too. As always we’ll post asap.
The Ellis also hosts live performances. See new pictures in the Photo section.
The theater closed for good on 10/3/16.
The Ellis Theater has indeed closed as of October 2016. I visited over Christmas. The building’s owner gave me a tour and everything is still in great condition, it just needs the right kind of love.
UPDATE: there is a campaign to Save The Ellis! https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheEllis/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
SaveTheEllis
I might be interested in leasing this theatre.
Al
The Ellis reopened with new owners in 2018