Old imagery puts the drive precisely South of town in this lot. The rectangular building behind the 3 houses is in the exact same spot as the old snack bar or offices. There was a much smaller building between this large building and the screen, which would likely house the projection booth.
I think I found it. Looks pretty small. Located at Hwy 77 and FM1355. You have to go to Google Earth, and 1956 Historical to see it. It disappears in the 1961 shot however.
Current occupant of the land is Bay City Ford at 6600 7th St (State Hwy 35) But Google does not map this correctly. It’s off by 1.25 miles. Bing is off too.
Also the square building on the property is in the identical spot the old projection and snack bar were. So more than likely it’s the same building today.
Right off Mertzon Hwy (67) and Southwest Blvd looks like the remains of a portion of a drive-in. Look just to the left of the State Farm Insurance label and behind the Cinemark Tinseltown near the center of the screen and you can barely make out some partial rows.
Agape Family Church occupies the building entrance on the West side of the building. Not sure if the building has multiple tenants, but sure looks like it could.
That Hartman Rd address must be the owners house. Google returns this address on 35 North as the location of the closed theater. Makes 100% more sense for a theater.
Now showing up as the local Port Lavaca / Calhoun Chamber of Commerce offices.
Just type the town and state into Google and see if it even maps out. If not, then the town no longer exists or it’s misspelled, which is more likely. And an incorrect ZIP code can throw things off too.
January 2009 pic H E R E
The building was piled with junk inside, and since there are no windows up top, lots of birds may call this old theater home.
You can see the impression of the drive-in here:
View link
Last time I went through town last year there were still 4-5 abandoned buildings still standing, apparently even those are now gone.
Lots of ghost towns around, I’ll bet very few were big enough to have a theater. Anything to keep the oil field employees happy!
1930 S. 7th Street, Raymondville, TX 78580 United States
Will take you right to the old entrance.
Old imagery puts the drive precisely South of town in this lot. The rectangular building behind the 3 houses is in the exact same spot as the old snack bar or offices. There was a much smaller building between this large building and the screen, which would likely house the projection booth.
View link
I think I found it. Looks pretty small. Located at Hwy 77 and FM1355. You have to go to Google Earth, and 1956 Historical to see it. It disappears in the 1961 shot however.
View link
Current occupant of the land is Bay City Ford at 6600 7th St (State Hwy 35) But Google does not map this correctly. It’s off by 1.25 miles. Bing is off too.
Also the square building on the property is in the identical spot the old projection and snack bar were. So more than likely it’s the same building today.
You can still make out the twin parallel driveways that led into and out of the drive-in.
Around 1410 Hwy 28 was a pretty big sized drive in. Could be it… Right where Cincinnati Stair is now.
View link
Video Tour of the Highway 18 drive-in movie theater. Very informative!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=181IkoC7_Vw
Mike Rivest’s site may list this as the Jac drive-in….
Right off Mertzon Hwy (67) and Southwest Blvd looks like the remains of a portion of a drive-in. Look just to the left of the State Farm Insurance label and behind the Cinemark Tinseltown near the center of the screen and you can barely make out some partial rows.
View link
Located on Hwy 6 between Cisco and Eastland. Here’s a link to the lot, very, very faded, but still barely perceptible.
View link
Need an address, pictures, price of popcorn, etc….
Address and ZIP need to be changed to:
2204 SW. Adams Street, Peoria, IL 61602 United States
Agape Family Church occupies the building entrance on the West side of the building. Not sure if the building has multiple tenants, but sure looks like it could.
Right where MajorMajor said it was. Google Earth 1991 view it shows up much clearer and Topographic maps label it as a Drive In as well.
Coordinates 38.9087°N 97.2598°W
Address listed is:
2300 State Hwy 35 N Port Lavaca, TX 77979
That Hartman Rd address must be the owners house. Google returns this address on 35 North as the location of the closed theater. Makes 100% more sense for a theater.
Now showing up as the local Port Lavaca / Calhoun Chamber of Commerce offices.
View link
Around 2060 W. Austin St was a twin drive in. You can see the scars behind the blue roofed building. All I could find for a drive-in in Port Lavaca.
View link
Read their website, they are classified as a church, but in reality it’s a religion based broadcasting station and offices.
GE Street View pictures shows their roof loaded with dish antennas.
Change name to Verne Drive In
Address is 1607 S. Kniss Ave.
Change status from Closed/Demolished to OPEN
Their website is:
http://www.vernedrivein.com/darksite/default.asp
Matt, go to my link in the 2nd post, and click on 1979 tab on the right. You’ll see it then.
Looks like the drive-in is right across the street from the church at 1142 US 45 S. 822 is a few blocks North of the old site.
Just type the town and state into Google and see if it even maps out. If not, then the town no longer exists or it’s misspelled, which is more likely. And an incorrect ZIP code can throw things off too.
At the 11E East Hwy address was this place located in the 3630 block. The T shaped driveway on the North side of the Hwy was an old drive-in.
View link