Buford Lake Drive-In
5648 Cumming Highway NE,
Buford,
GA
30518
5648 Cumming Highway NE,
Buford,
GA
30518
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Previous Names: Buford Drive-In
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The Buford Drive-In opened on July 4, 1956 with Clark Gable in “The Tall Men”. It closed around January 1975 as the Buford Lake Drive-In. This single screen drive-in had a capacity for 400 cars.
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A lot of sad pictures of the decayed theater at this link:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/gatburf
Despite the availability of quality 1960 aerial imagery for Buford on HistoricAerials.com, I was unable to locate anything resembling a drive-in on the road mentioned in the heading, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.
As a matter of fact, that road did not even exist in 1960, so I have to question the validity of that information. It would not come as a shock to learn that it originated from Drive-ins.com, which contains the identical information as what is posted here.
On the bright side, I did locate a drive-in about 3.5 miles southwest of Buford, on Buford-Cumming Hwy.
5648 Cumming Hwy NE, Buford, GA 30518
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using historic aerial imagery.
Here is a 1960 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.
Pictures on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com show what remained of this drive-in in 2004: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/gatburf
i think it has been demolished because i can’t find it on google earth with the address given
The address is: 5648 Cumming Hwy NE, Buford, GA 30518… It is all residential houses now.
The Buford Drive-In opened its gates on July 4, 1956 with Clark Gable in “The Tall Men” (unknown if extras added). The Buford Drive-In last went with the name “Buford Lake Drive-In” before closing either in or around January 1975. Woodhall Theatres was its last operator.
After its closure, almost everything stood for around two decades. 1978, 1981, 1988, and 1993 aerial views shows the traces and projection/concession building but the screen was completely covered by trees. By 1999, the entire theater was overgrown by trees but there’s a big chance that the concession building remains standing. That unfortunately didn’t last long and was demolished around 2004.