Bath Drive-In
341 N. Walnut Street,
Bath,
PA
18014
341 N. Walnut Street,
Bath,
PA
18014
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Located on Route 512 near the Bath north border line. The Bath Drive-In was opened by 1949 when it was operated by John VanAuken. It was still open in 1956, but had closed by 1957.
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A 1955 aerial photo does not reveal any evidence of a drive-in around the Bath area. It would be helpful to have the address or at least a general direction of where the drive-in was located.
Perhaps this was a portable drive-in, but if so the screen should be set up somewhere or at least evidence of tire marks in a field.
There was only ever one drive-in in Bath Pennsylvania. It was located along Route 512 on the right side about ¼ mile north. The remanants of both the boxoffice and screen tower are still visible there. I do not know the name but believe it may have been identified as http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23079 but that listing is not the correct location.
Thanks Muviebuf I thought it might have been where the storage locker place is at now?
Muviebuf, you say it’s on the right side Route 512 a quarter-mile north of Bath Pike?
That would put it near Barrall Street.
I’ve looked at aerials from 1955, 1962, and 1972 and have not seen anything that looks remotely like a drive-in. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the drive-in didn’t exist. I’m just not seeing it.
Uploaded a photo of a ticket stub.
Advertisements for this drive-in in 1949 state “route 512 at Bath Boro line” so it either relocated or didn’t last very long.
Route 512 at Bath Boro line puts it across the street from the storage center. The address from Google Maps is (as close as I can get it) 34l N Walnut Street, Bath, PA.
A 1955 aerial shows the general shape of a drive-in, but no ramps and it’s difficult to see any real features. It has what might be a projection booth, but I cannot see any screen.
Today, the land is private property with a house on the SW corner. The rest of the property is overgrown with trees.
If this was a drive-in, it appears to have been abandoned by 1955 or perhaps it was a portable drive-in which might explain the lack of features.