211 W Oak St 

As early as 1900, one-story brick building was present at 211 W. Oak, and a one-story wood warehouse was located at 213 W. Oak. By 1905, a one-story brick building occupied the parcel at 213 W. Oak Street and housed a grocery, as did the one-story brick building at 211 W. Oak Street. By 1911, 213 W. Oak Street was two-stories in height and remained a grocery, while 211 W. Oak remained one-story in height. In 1949, the one-story building at 211 W. Oak Street housed a drug store, and the two-story building at 213 W. Oak was the site of the PAL Theater. A late 1940s photograph (Anderson County Historical Commission Archives) depicts the theater's Art Deco façade, ticket booth and theater sign then present.  The earliest available images show that this 2-part commercial block was the PAL Theater, with streamline awning and recessed ticket entrance characteristic of that building type. The former PAL theater sign has been adapted to the L&L Shoe store at 205 W Oak. In 1939, Louis Farris purchased the building at 211 W. Oak Street. Following the closure of the PAL Theater, Louis Farris also purchased that property. In 1951, he commissioned alterations of unknown type and scope (Farris Interview 9-7- 2020) as part of the conversion of the theater building and the abutting building at 211 W. Oak Street into a women's clothing store offering high-end merchandise including wedding attire, jewelry and shoes. This remodeled building may have been the first fully air-conditioned and carpeted retail store in Palestine (Farris Interview 9-7-2020).  The modernization resulted in an applied storefront that extends to the adjoining property to the east.