page_title: Beaumont, Texas
section_title: Other historic buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Beaumont, Texas / Culture / Arts and theatre / Other historic buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Tyrrell Historical Library. In 2010 an addition was completed. This building is to the left.
context_page_description: Beaumont is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, in the United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about 85 miles east of Houston, Beaumont had a population of 117,267 at the time of the 2010 census, making it the 30th most populous city in the state of Texas.
  Beaumont was founded in 1835. The pioneer settlement had an economy based on the development of lumber, farming, and port industries. In 1892, Joseph Eloi Broussard opened the first commercially successful rice mill in Texas, stimulating development of rice farming in the area; he also started an irrigation company to support rice culture. Rice became an important commodity crop in Texas and is now cultivated in 23 counties.
  A big change occurred in 1901 with the Spindletop gusher, which demonstrated that a huge oil field lay underneath and adjacent to the city. With Spindletop, several energy companies developed in Beaumont, and some remain. The area rapidly developed as one of the country's major petro-chemical refining areas.
context_section_description: Beaumont Commercial District is a collection of historic buildings in downtown, a national historic district registered with the NRHP.
  Crockett Street Entertainment District The entertainment district includes five vintage buildings dating from around the turn of the 20th century. Each of the buildings has been renovated and several have been re-purposed to restaurants and entertainment.
  Jack Brooks Federal Building, built in 1933 as a WPA project.
  Jefferson County Courthouse is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture.
  The Jefferson Theatre, built in 1927, is an historic theater that presents live musical and stage performances as well as limited revival screenings of classic films. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and recognized also as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
  Julie Rogers Theater was formerly Beaumont's city hall and civic auditorium. The building was renovated to serve as a theater for live performances.
  St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica
  Temple Emanuel (Beaumont, Texas) has a notable set of stained glass windows by Israeli artist Ze'ev Raban
  Tyrrell Historical Library, formerly First Baptist Church; the building is now used as an historical library. It has an extensive collection of genealogical records.
caption: Built in 1903 as First Baptist Church, this building is now Tyrrell Historical Library; a 2010 addition stands on the left
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