Rig Theater
Rig Theater | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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Location | 213-215 E. Hendricks Blvd, Wink, Texas |
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Coordinates | 31°45′20″N 103°08′46″W / 31.75556°N 103.14611°WCoordinates: 31°45′20″N 103°08′46″W / 31.75556°N 103.14611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1928 |
Built by | Griffith Amusement Co. |
Architectural style | Early Commercial |
NRHP reference No. | 03000770[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 14, 2003 |
The Rig Theater is a former cinema on East Hendricks Boulevard in Wink, Texas. It was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1] It had a single screen as a cinema and had a seating capacity of 605.[2][3] At the time of the theater's construction it was the only building in Wink made from masonry other than the town's school.[4]
The Rig Theater was the childhood cinema of the young singer-songwriter Roy Orbison, where he spent many hours.[5] Orbison performed at the Rig with his early bands, the Teen Kings and the Wink Westerners. Walt Quigley, a Roy Orbison tribute artist, is raising funds to reopen the Rig Theater and to move Wink's into the theater's lobby.[6] Graffiti by Orbison and his friends from 1951 was found in the stairway to the balcony in 1999, and is preserved in a display at the Roy Orbison Museum.[7]
It is a two-part Early Commercial-style two-story building.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Rig Theater in Wink, Texas". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "The Rig Theater in Wink, Texas". Texas Escapes. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Roger Marvin Olien; Diana Davids Hinton (1982). Oil booms: social change in five Texas towns. University of Nebraska Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8032-3550-2.
- ^ Mark Stuart Spicer; John Rudolph Covach (2010). Sounding Out Pop: Analytical Essays in Popular Music. University of Michigan Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-472-03400-6.
- ^ Jimmy Patterson (15 February 2009). "Roy Orbison: Wink residents perpetuate the Orbison legacy". MRT. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ a b Walter Quigley Thomas, Jr. (October 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rig Theater". National Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2018. (Downloading may be slow.) With three photos.
- 1928 establishments in Texas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1928
- Buildings and structures in Winkler County, Texas
- Cinemas and movie theaters in Texas
- Early Commercial architecture in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Winkler County, Texas
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs