University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1998 Page: 4 of 6
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Restoration Campaign
A campaign was kicked off this month
to raise monies to restore the Jefferson
Theater in downtown Beaumont. The
restoration has been carefully planned to
keep--the old palatial movie palace drigi-
Tiai, awd.i’Ot the* same time, make-rt d-liv-
ing, forking theater for the people of this
area. When completed in 2001, the build-
ing will be the home of Broadway plays,
• concerts’of all descriptions, ballets, coun-
' try^ndiWstern shows — Lamar events
' Virftlarry'“al full-time entertainment
center ruhrimg’on a nightly basis. "
Opened in November 1927 as the flag-
ship, theater of the Jefferson Ajp.usement
., Company, the building has housed-shows
presented by some of the leading,, artists
•> of the era,gauging from Cab Calloway to
Jimmy„S.tewart;to Charlie PruittTt was;,
also the: setting for some of the Tinest
' movies: to ever cross the giant-screen.
Seating 1,700 people, the Jefferson closed
its doors as a movie house in 1972.
''Alffioirgh "if"tvas one of "the" ’finest,
"“equipped theaters in the country'when.'it
opened, its" systems are extremely dated
today. The palatial building itself is intact,
but it need§ to be professionally restored,
a This restoration will cost.,$4;::mUlio,n,
»tM©re than $li.5‘> million has hlready been
pledged. The replacement cost of the
building today would be in excess of $30
million.
We, at Lamar, can help by contributing,
our'change ana our dollars to the cause
— a cause for posterity. A contribution
box is located in the Lamar Bookstore.
icrJHh Press the.
. amount of: the contribution at ;the; end of
November in the name of “Students, fac-
ulty, and staff from Lamar University.”
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Sonnier, Todd. University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1998, newspaper, October 23, 1998; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth500901/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.