Keene Drive-In

26 Optical Avenue,
Keene, NH 03431

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on August 12, 2024 at 5:15 am

The Keene Drive-In opened its gates on March 18, 1954 with Esther Williams in “Million Dollar Mermaid” and Gilbert Roland in “The Apache War Smoke” (unknown if extras added).

TaxiManSteve
TaxiManSteve on February 19, 2014 at 8:17 pm

This drive-in had the grandest neon “stars” I’d ever seen (haven’t been to Vegas yet.) I remember my last time there as a teenager, climbing up over the rear chain-link fence on boards we place there once the first feature started… Later the drive-in sold to become the site of the Keene Sentinel printing plant, which unlike the Union Leader and Concord Monitor’s, was never built ( I remember this as a Sentinel employee as I took the plans out to the dumpster for disposal.) Now home to pine trees and ground nesting birds…

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 15, 2012 at 9:55 pm

Approx. address for this drive-in was 26 Optical Avenue. Though overgrown, you can still make out the ramps.

tallboyyyy
tallboyyyy on January 28, 2009 at 12:54 pm

The Shakour family still owns and operates the Northfield (MA) Drive-In according to their website.

tallboyyyy
tallboyyyy on January 28, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Here’s a short video discussing the history of the Keene Drive-In. Also shows a picture of the box office of the Pine Island Drive-In in Manchester, NH. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRfXM8Otos