Park Vu Drive-In

459 S. Ash Street,
Nowata, OK 74048

Closed
1 screen
300 cars

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on November 10, 2024 at 9:14 am

The Park-Vu Drive-In opened its gates on September 3, 1952 with Gary Cooper in “You’re In The Navy Now” (unknown if extras added). The Park-Vu closed two years later in 1954.

Kenmore
Kenmore on October 11, 2021 at 12:58 pm

I have a possible location, 459 S. Ash, Nowata, OK

A 1959 entry in the Nowata Daily Star states that Chester Fleming, the owner of the now-defunct Park-Vu drive-in on US 169 leased the land for a trailer court to be constructed.

Given the description, that trailer court was opposite Jack Gordon Park. The article states that the trailer court would have gas, electric, water, and sewer service, so the location makes sense.

A 1971 aerial photo shows several trailers placed close together at that location, but no trace of a drive-in. Today, there are still a few trailers on the site.

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