Penn Drive-In

13419 US-27,
Pennville, GA 30753

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Penn Drive-In

Located in Pennville, just outside Summerville. The Penn Drive-In was rather large for a small town drive-in, parking 400 cars. It was opened in the early-1960’s and was owned by J.S. Tankersley. It was closed in the 1970’s.

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Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on August 10, 2010 at 4:20 pm

Not open in 1967.

Anyone have an address, more info or photos?

kennerado
kennerado on May 18, 2020 at 7:58 pm

Found it, was technically located in Pennville, just outside Summerville hence the name “Penn Drive-In”. Approximate address now is Underwood Dr & Martha Berry Hwy, Pennville GA 30753. It’s in a 1964 aerial and a 1968 topo but only ramp markings remained by 1981. Underwood drive didn’t exist when the drive-in was open. Now a vacant tree-filled lot however the cement base of the marquee may be the last thing left.

robboehm
robboehm on July 11, 2021 at 1:37 pm

For a time it was operated by Luther and Beth Smith who owned the Tooga in nearby Summerville.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on March 21, 2022 at 7:48 pm

Boxoffice, Feb. 4, 1956: “J. S. Tankersley has sold his Penn Drive-In, Summerville, Ga., to L. Smith and D. L. McWhorter”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on March 21, 2022 at 7:58 pm

Underwood Drive runs through the old drive-in site across the highway from a Wal-Mart and a Wendys with the address 13419 US-27. The site was on the same side of the highway and north of a building with the address 13234 US-27.

Kenmore
Kenmore on July 2, 2023 at 3:58 pm

The marquee was removed by 1981. You can still see its rectangular base until 1993.

Today, even the base is gone. A sign for the prison sits just a few feet away from where the marquee once stood.

The larger, square-like concrete base that is still present is not the marquee. That didn’t appear until 1993.

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