Historic Aztec Theater

Constructed in 1915 by the civic leader, businessman, and rancher Sam Schwartz, a well loved and respected Jewish immigrant from Hungary. The Aztec's architecture was the first Mayan Revival style movie theater in the United States, providing entertainment showing the latest Hollywood movies as well as Vaudeville and local talent shows, including an appearance by the MGM's "Leo the Lion". The theater became a favorite past time for over three generations of Eagle Pass residents through the years of World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II, until its closure in 1983. The Aztec was the first theater in South Texas to show a talking movie, "The Jazz Singer", in 1929. The preservation and constructive revitalization of this unique historical building was made in 2008.