Hoosac Drive-In
199 Howland Avenue,
Adams,
MA
01220
199 Howland Avenue,
Adams,
MA
01220
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The Hoosac Drive-In was opened August 27, 1950 with Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in “Mexican Hayride” & Joel McCrea in “South of St. Louis”. By 1957 it was operated by Daytz Theatre Enterprises Corp. It was closed in October 1967.
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Ken McIntyre
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Here is a 1986 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ksg8c6
This one’s long gone, closed and demolished – a packaging company now sits on the site. However, if you look at the aerial on Google maps, it’s fairly obvious what it used to be – the footprint is still there.
Ken. in my 1956 ALMANAC it said 435 cars and was owned by Boylston.
August 27, 1950 was the launch date for the Hoosac Drive-In with “Mexican Hayride” and “South of St. Louis” on the big screen located on the Adams-North Adams town line. Opened with a capacity for 435 cars on ten ramps. A 36x40' screen was constructed by the original operator, the Boylston Drive-In Corporation circuit.
I used to work there as a projectionist in the 1970s. At that time it was owned by Al Coury, who also owned Coury’s Drive-In in North Adams.
Why the name Hoosac?
“Hoosac” is a geographical name in that area of MA. Near Adams is the Hoosac Tunnel, a rail tunnel built in the 19th Century.
And the word, meaning “place of stones”, originated from the indigenous people who once inhabited the region.
Edited from my March 30, 2020 (4:54 PM) comment:
The Hoosac Drive-In closed for the final time on September 4, 1989 with “War” and “Road House”.
The drive-in in its later years was also located across the street from the North Adams Cinema 1-2-3-4.