Dekalb Drive-In
3225 Nashville Highway,
Smithville,
TN
37166
3225 Nashville Highway,
Smithville,
TN
37166
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This former two-screener is now home to a nursery, of the plant variety.
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Here is a 1984 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ybqcrhc
I think Smithville also had an indoor movie theater in the downtown area. I don’t know its name or when it closed, but the basic building may be something else now.
The Dekalb Drive-In most likely opened during the mid-1950s. A 1954 aerial view shows the drive-in hasn’t constructed yet, but was already operational by 1959. The second screen most likely opened during the early-1980s. It appears operational in the 1988 aerial view but was gone by 1997.
As of 2026, despite many buildings at the site, the fan shape of the former theater is still intact.