Owens Drive-In
6531 MacCorkle Avenue SE,
Charleston,
WV
25304
6531 MacCorkle Avenue SE,
Charleston,
WV
25304
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Owens Drive-In was open in 1953 and was operated by Fred Helwig. It had a capacity for 450 cars, and closed in it’s original location in May 1971 to make room for a K Mart which still stands at this location today.
The drive in moved to a new location a little over a mile away in the town of Marmet and stayed open until 1985 until it was demolished to make room for a Kroger store and a Hardees, both are still there today. I remember in the late-1970’s and early-1980’s going to a flea market with my parents and older brother nearly every weekend in Marmet where this drive in was, navigating around hundreds of speaker poles and playing around the huge screen.
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The original Owens Drive-In closed in May 1971 and was demolished that same year, but there were several lawsuits that involve the property and the site the previous year in 1970. The Kmart was built at the theater’s site and opened its doors on August 17, 1972. The Kmart closed in February 2020.