White's Drive-In
4905 Wendell Boulevard,
Wendell,
NC
27591
4905 Wendell Boulevard,
Wendell,
NC
27591
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Previous Names: Wen-Lon Drive-In
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Ben Allen built a drive-in between Wendell and Zebulon fusing the city names together and called the Wen-Lon Drive-In. The theatre opened on April 8, 1949 with Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi”. Allen also was operating the Car-Ral Drive-In at the time. The Wen-Lon Drive-In was closed by 1951.
By 1952 it had reopened as White’s Drive-In, operated by E.A. White. It was closed in 1981.
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The address is 4905 Wendell Boulevard, Wendell, NC. The drive-in was located just to the northeast of the town on the north side of Wendell Blvd near where it connects with Old Zebulon Road.
A 1964 aerial shows the drive-in intact, although it is difficult to tell if it was still in operation.
Today, the area is overgrown with no trace of the drive-in remaining save for the entrance road which has been renamed “Drive In Lane”.
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Looks like it closed in 1981.
Opened on April 8, 1949 with Walt Disney’s “Bambi” along with an unnamed cartoon and comedy.
Also, It appears that this closed in the late-1950s. Both 1959 and 1964 aerial views show the drive-in being completely fading, while the screen is gone by 1964. The drive-in was then covered with trees.