Constructed 1932. Originally opened in 1932. The long-closed Yam Theater on Portales’ Main Avenue (formerly Main Street) was given a $1 million renovation between 2006 and 2011, transforming the building into a community arts center. The theater was given its unique name due to the substantial sweet potato crops in Read more…
Constructed 1940. Located on Main Street in downtown Clovis, the State Theater is a two-story building with a concrete foundation and a barrel roof masked by a stepped parapet. Constructed in 1940 in a modernistic style, the most striking feature of the theater is a circular glass block tower rising Read more…
Constructed 1925. The Mesa Theater opened in 1925 with seating for 980 patrons. A major fire in 1948 gutted the interior but the Mesa was rebuilt. Operator E.R Hardwick said that everything would be replaced new including the four (segregated) rest rooms. After closing in the 1960s, the Mesa was Read more…
Constructed 1921. The Lyceum Theater opened in 1921 with 899 seats, built for E.F. Hardwick with stage capacity for vaudeville shows and movies. It was designed in the Mission Revival style by the Boller Brothers, a popular architectural firm specializing in movie theaters. The Lyceum showed its first talking picture Read more…
Constructed 1941. The El Cortez Theater was built in 1941 and had a seating capacity of 580. It was closed for many, many years, but revitalized and re-opened in 1995 to show first-run movies once again.This little town of Truth or Consequences, NM (pop. 7,500+), formally Hot Springs, NM, and Read more…
Constructed 1941. Designed by El Paso architect Guy Frazer, the State Theater on Main Street in Las Cruces opened on Christmas Eve, 1941. It had a seating capacity of 563 patrons and was built at a cost of $30,000. The theater is a modest and intimate expression of Art Deco Read more…
Constructed 1926. The Rio Grande Theatre came to life on July 29, 1926 with the opening of the silent film, Mare Nostrum, (A powerful story of the sea), with pipe organ accompaniment. The original builders of the Rio Grande Theatre were C. T. Seale and B. G. Dyne who acquired Read more…
Constructed 1950. Flickinger Center for Performing Arts is a 590-seat performing arts center in downtown Alamogordo, New Mexico. Originally the Sierra Movie Theater, built in the 50s, it was purchased by Margaret Flickinger and given to the community in 1988. It was renovated and converted to a multipurpose performing arts Read more…
Constructed 1947. The Plains Theatre in Roswell was the main movie house in town. It opened in 1947. Seating was provided for 1,000 all on a single floor, and there was a small 30 seat balcony, located next to the projection booth, which was for the exclusive use of Negro Read more…
Constructed 1948. The Lea Theater was built in 1948 in Lovington as the post-WWII economy and local oil discoveries launched a boom in Lea County. Situated across the street from the impressive Lea County Courthouse, The Lea Theater is an excellent example of the mid-century modern International Style that was Read more…