Discover Edna

Explore Edna through its distinctive architectural and cultural history. The Edna Theatre combines a completion date with the Moderne style, while the Meriwether-Simons-Farquhar House represents an early two-story building style. Other points of interest include the Texana Museum and Library, with its precise address, and the Jackson County Monument on the courthouse grounds. These different themes can help you plan your stay around what interests you most: architecture, cultural institutions, or historic sites.

Buildings and cultural sites

The Edna Theatre was completed in March 1950 and is a Moderne-style movie palace. This building brings together a date, a building type, and an architectural style. If you’re interested in the connection between architecture and the theater’s former use, that combination is what matters here. The building is currently vacant, so take this into account when forming your expectations for the site. Its vacancy is as much a part of its context as its completion date and style.

The Meriwether-Simons-Farquhar House was one of the first two-story houses built in Edna. Its early place among the city’s two-story houses is what stands out. It offers a different point of comparison with the Edna Theatre: the house is notable for its early two-story design, while the movie palace is identified by a specific month of completion and the Moderne style. If you want to organize architectural history by building forms rather than dates alone, this offers a distinct starting point.

The Texana Museum and Library is located at 403 N Wells Street in Edna. Its precise address makes it easy to include this destination in your plans. Its name combines a museum and a library, distinguishing the institution from the architectural examples. This cultural institution broadens the perspective offered by the theatre and house, while the street address provides a specific point of reference for planning.

The Jackson County Monument is on the grounds of the Jackson County Courthouse, at 115 West Main Street in Edna. It has been listed since April 19, 2018. For orientation, this site brings together a named location, the courthouse grounds, and a precise street address. Unlike the architectural styles of the theatre and house, the focus here is on the courthouse grounds; the listing date adds a distinct point of reference in time.

Historical points of reference

The Historic Texana Church was built in 1859 in the original town of Texana. This adds an earlier date than the Edna Theatre’s completion in 1950: the two years are 91 years apart. For the church, the stated details are its construction year and its historical connection to the original town of Texana; for the theatre, they are its month of completion, movie palace type, and Moderne style. The comparison puts two different historical accounts in context and makes their distinct points in time clear.

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