Cordele Drive-In
105 Farmers Market Road,
Cordele,
GA
31015
105 Farmers Market Road,
Cordele,
GA
31015
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Cordele, Georgia is a small South Georgia town that I have spent some time in, but never noticed a drive-in. Granted I was 13 or so, but even then I was always on the watch for drive-ins. In those days there was not a lot of interstate highways, so you traveled the state roads. Georgia state road 41 runs into Cordele.
The 1st Cordele Drive-In in the town of Cordele has its own page on Cinema Treasures. This was the 2nd Cordele Drive-In to operate in Cordele. It was opened in 1966 by Martin Theatres.
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Yes interesting and I did notice MAVC (must be a lot more to that story). Lots of bases in Georgia.
U.S. 41 & Farmers Market Rd, Cordele, GA 31015
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using historic aerial imagery.
Here are my pictures of the Cordele Drive-in from March 2012.
This is one of the best theaters that I’ve ever come across. The drive-in is in excellent condition for being closed for about thirty years. The screen doesn’t appear to have any damage and the marquee has held up surprisingly well.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 101 Farmers Market Rd.
Just drove by this today, its a shame it hasn’t been preserved. It looks to be in a severe state of disrepair. I enjoyed seeing a piece of Georgia’s history though.
U.S. 41 & Farmers Market Rd, Cordele, GA 31015 is the correct address.
Another address that works (at least on Google) is 2367 Georgia 90, Cordele, GA. The drive-in sits on the NE corner. http://tinyurl.com/z2anjxl
I used 2367 Georgia 90 on Google Maps to get there. Very overgrown (will upload photos soon). Screen looks like it is in good shape. No easy way to get onto the property and I chose not to trespass. Current owner is Harry Carter.
Another address that works is 105 Farmers Market Rd, Cordele, GA 31015, and was the second out of two Cordele Drive-Ins in its history.
Martin Theatres opened this one in 1966 as a replacement of a smaller drive-in located south of Cordele on Highway 41 which closed that same year, also named Cordele Drive-In (it will have its own Cinema Treasures page soon).
The capacity of the second Cordele Drive-In looks a lot larger than the first Cordele Drive-In. The first Cordele Drive-In had 145 cars, while this one looks more like 300 (which represent an expenditure of some $100,000 according to a very small article on its construction in September 1965).