Austin Street & the ‘Surf’ Theatre
in the 1950’s.
The old ‘Rio Theatre’ was built in
the late 1920’s, which was replaced
by a new building in 1936. Its name
was changed in the late 1940’s to the
‘Surf’, and it remained open until the
mid-1950’s.
Photo: Courtesy of the
Aransas County Historical Society
‘Sorenson-Stair Building’ On Austin Street
Simon Sorenson was an immigrant from Denmark,
and in 1886 he purchased ‘Brunner’s Mercantile’
and built a 2-story building on the property. After a
fire in 1895, the building was rebuilt as a 1-story.
‘Rockport Harbor’
On the north end of Austin Street.
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‘Cove Drive-In’ Just South of Rockport - it first opened in
April of 1953. It was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961 and it was rebuilt
- destroyed again by Hurricane Celia in
1970, and it was rebuilt again. It finally
closed in 1981 due to storm damage.