Jack Murl Corgan (died 2000) was an American architect known for the theaters he designed in the Southwest and development of hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada with business partner William J. Moore.
Biography Corgan was born in Hugo, Oklahoma. He graduated from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in 1935. He moved to Dallas, Texas and opened his architectural firm Corgan in 1938, focusing largely on theaters and drive-ins. In 1941, he designed the first drive-in theatre. In the mid-1950s, Corgan designed the Dallas Love Field airport terminal. In 1960, Corgan was the president of the Texas Society of Architects.
Corgan is the father of architect Clifford Jack Corgan (born 1945), also known as Jack Corgan, who took over leadership of the architectural firm in the 1970s.
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Agnew Theater in Oklahoma City Boomer Theater in Norman, Oklahoma Brauntex Theatre in New Braunfels, Texas Carver Theater (New Orleans) in New Orleans, Louisiana Centre Theatre in El Reno, Oklahoma Grove Theatre in Upland, California Hornbeck Theatre in Shawnee, Oklahoma Knob Hill Theater in Oklahoma City Lakeside Theater in Oklahoma City Leachman Theater in Stillwater, Oklahoma Lynn Theatre in Gonzales, Texas May Theater in Oklahoma City Morley Theatre in Borger, Texas National Theater (Texas) in Graham, Texas Paul Poag Theatre for the Performing Arts in Del Rio, Texas Plaza Theatre (Garland, Texas) in Garland, Texas Rialto Cinema in Alva, Oklahoma Rialto Theater (Three Rivers, Texas) in Three Rivers, Texas State Theater (Clovis, New Mexico) in Clovis, New Mexico Vernon Plaza Theatre in Vernon, Texas Washita Theatre in Chickasha, Oklahoma Westland Theater in Elk City, Oklahoma Will Rogers Theatre in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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