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Aztec Theater

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1915, Leonard F. Seed; 1919 remodeled, Herbert S. Green. 398 Main St.

Hungarian-born entrepreneur, politician, and civic leader Sam Schwartz came to Eagle Pass in 1910 from El Paso, where he had worked for his family’s store, the Popular Department Store (EP19). Local architect and contractor Leonard F. Seed (1876–1918) built the theater for Schwartz for movies and vaudeville. Green of San Antonio remodeled it in 1919. The Aztec is the first documented theater designed in the Mayan Revival style in the United States. Catering to the entertainment-hungry population and soldiers at Eagle Pass’s Fort Duncan (EL5), the Aztec screened movies until 1982. Subsequently it became the law office of one of Schwartz’s grandsons and a live theater and special events space.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Maverick County Courthouse
Eagle Pass Public Library (U.S. Post Office)
S. P. Simpson Jr. House
Fort Duncan

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Aztec Theater", [Eagle Pass, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-EL3.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 423-423.

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