This is the fifth time HFW has included single screen theaters on its Most Endangered Places list. The TCU Theater, c. 1948, was demolished at night on August 23, 2006. The remaining single screen theaters, located in neighborhood commercial strips around town, deserve creative owners who will find new uses for these architectural and cultural gems.

The 1935 New Isis Theater is already listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is this designation that opens up the opportunity for federal historic tax credits to assist the owner with a sensitive rehab of the building. We encourage the owner to designate the building a Historic & Cultural Landmark of the City of Fort Worth. This designation comes with a property valuation freeze on the City’s portion of the property tax bill when a rehab of the building is approved by the City’s Landmarks Commission prior to construction.

Opened on December 1, 1950, the Ridglea Theater is the most character-defining building in the Ridglea neighborhood and its Mediterranean style makes it the most significant suburban theater remaining in Fort Worth. It is undesignated locally and nationally, which makes it vulnerable to demolition. Applications to designate the Ridglea Theater a Local & Historic Landmark of the City of Fort Worth and to list it in the National Register of Historic Places will provide financial incentives for the owner tot rehab the building.  More Information