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Podcast: Fort Worth Roots Podcast
Episode: Episode 050 Jeffery Smith, Owner of Downtown Cowtown At The Isis Theatre
Description: Jeffery and Debbie Smith, the owners of Downtown Cowtown At The Isis Theatre, have spent almost five years restoring an all but forgotten piece of Fort Worth history. In 1914 the 400 seat Isis Theatre opened its doors to the public. This beautiful building was destroyed by fire in 1935 when a projector malfunctioned and set the Isis ablaze. Rebuilt and reopened in 1933 and then again devastated by a deadly flood in 1949. The theatre was again restored and continued to operate until 1988 when the building was showing signs of age and then basically abandoned. For almost 30 years the theatre sat i...