Family Drive-In
1510 Market Street,
Charlestown,
IN
47111
1510 Market Street,
Charlestown,
IN
47111
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A closer address is 1510 Market St, Charlestown, IN.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it on the residence that sits next to the property entrance.
The property itself is still empty with parch marks of the ramps and outline still showing. It’s also for sale as of the July 2023 Google Street view.
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Opened on 10/5/1951 as The Family Drive-in with “Young Daniel Boone” and “Savage splendor”.
The screen and projector building stood until the late 90’s, Google Earth shows them still there in 1998 but gone by 2003.
I worked in town at the Venro Theater, Run the Projectors,1965-1966..Was in high school…
Worked there in 1965-1966, ran the projectors, for Tex & Peggy Richardson…Great fun, I was in high School then..
Aka Charlestown Drive-in according to Drive-ins.com.
Opened as the Family Drive-In by Fred Belcher in May of 1951. It advertised only as the Family Drive-In during its run.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1490 Market Street.
THE CHARLESTON DRIVE IN in 1956 parked 275 cars and was owned by E.L. ORNSTEIN , a man that owned several Drive ins in your State.