West Point Drive-In
4060 W. Michigan Avenue,
Battle Creek,
MI
49037
4060 W. Michigan Avenue,
Battle Creek,
MI
49037
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Previously operated by: Mid-States Theaters Inc., Midwest Theaters Co., W.S. Butterfield Theaters Inc.
Architects: Henry Chase Black
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The West Point Drive-In opened on July 1, 1955 with Kirk Douglas in “2,000 Leagues Under the Sea”. It was originally part of Midwest Theaters Co., then Butterfield Theatres and finally operated by Mid-States Theatres. It was closed on September 6, 1982 with Jill St. John in “The Concrete Jungle” & John Cassavetes in “Incubus”. It reopened on at the start of the 1983 season as an adult theatre. It went back briefly to regular movies in 1985, but ended it days as an adult theatre, closing for good on September 15, 1985. The ozoner had a car capacity listed at 800 with a single screen.
It has since been demolished.
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The entry for Battle Creek architect Henry Chase Black in the 1962 AIA directory lists the West Point Auto Theatre as his design.
Actually opened on July 1, 1955 with “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea”. Closed in winter 1985.
After closing for the season on September 6, 1982 with “The Concrete Jungle” and “Incubus”, the West Point reopened as a full-time adult drive-in at the start of the 1983 season. It wasn’t until 1985 when mainstream movies made a brief return to the West Point, but only a small amount was shown.
The West Point Drive-In ran its last normal movies on August 8, 1985 with “Cocoon” and “Moving Violations”, before finishing the remainder of the season with adult movies, closing on September 15 of that same year.