Scott Drive-In
1715 Lawrenceville Highway,
Decatur,
GA
30033
1715 Lawrenceville Highway,
Decatur,
GA
30033
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Located at Scott Boulevard and Lawrenceville Highway. The Scott Drive-In opened September 3, 1951 with Richard Emory in “Korea Patrol”. It was closed in 1977.
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DENNIS WHITEFIELD
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The Scott Drive-In was one beautiful drive-in theatre! With 550 car spaces this theatre was a real entertainment complex for the Decatur area! In the 50’s and 60’s the drive-in had a marquee that went over the entrance road. In the 70’s the Scott got a newer marquee that looked almost identical to that of the Glenwood Drive-In. The newer marquee sat between the entrance and exit roads. I remember they had a playground down by the screen. They also had a storage shed that looked like a little mansion where they stored the letters to change out the marquee. All in all the Scott Drive-In was truly a wonderful drive-in theatre!
Tommy Holcombe
I have started a site dedicated to The Scott Drive-In Theatre.
http://scottdriveintheatre.blogspot.com/
Here are two aerial views of the Scott Drive-In from the Atlanta History Center collection:
The first one is dated 1969:
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The second one is undated:
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Link to the Drive In ladder ad in the Atlanta paper on August 5, 1964. The blogger has also written up some of his memories of working at these places. Worth a look if you are interested in the drive in culture from 1970 – 1990.
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Scott Drive-In movie ad
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This opened on September 3rd, 1951. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Closed 1977
So what became of the property?
Scott Village Shopping Center now occupies the site.