Rancho Drive-In
948 FM 249,
Atlanta,
TX
75551
948 FM 249,
Atlanta,
TX
75551
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Previously operated by: McLendon Theaters, Tri-State Theatres (TX)
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The Rancho Drive-In has been closed for a long time! As of July 2006 the ticket booth, part of the snack bar foundation, & the screen poles, which were cut off close to the ground, were left.
Only info I can find states that the Rancho Drive-In opened by 1952. I was told that it was possibly owned at one time by the McLendon Family.
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Randy A Carlisle
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Randy I have it showing MOVIES in 1956.Source: MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1956.
A couple of blocks West of Beech Creek Cemetery on FM249 is the remains of a drive-in.
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Thanx alot Mike! Always Appreciate corrections. I want to stay on top of things the best I Can. Here is 4 photos I took back in July of 2006..
Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
Added Goggle Earth from 1995
Billboard, June 21, 1952: “Barton R. McLendon, head of the Tristates Theater Circuit, has announced that construction has been started at Atlanta, Tex., on the Rancho Drive-In, which is being built at a cost of $75,000. The drive-in is to be completed early in July.”
A closer address is 948 FM249, Atlanta, TX.
However, a 1955 aerial photo shows the drive-in open and apparently operational which would precede the date given in the description by at least four years.
A 1968 aerial photo shows the screen is gone. Today, it is private property but you can still see the outline and some of the ramps.
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