Rancho Drive-In

948 FM 249,
Atlanta, TX 75551

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Kenmore
Kenmore on April 17, 2020 at 2:19 pm

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.

https://tinyurl.com/yddu7ktd

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm

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.”

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on January 25, 2012 at 7:42 am

Added Goggle Earth from 1995

Driveintheatre2001
Driveintheatre2001 on January 25, 2012 at 2:48 am

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

Silicon Sam
Silicon Sam on February 18, 2011 at 7:12 am

A couple of blocks West of Beech Creek Cemetery on FM249 is the remains of a drive-in.

http://goo.gl/maps/eToU

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on February 17, 2011 at 6:48 pm

Randy I have it showing MOVIES in 1956.Source: MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1956.