Midway Drive-In
1025 Middletown Road,
Hummelstown,
PA
17036
1025 Middletown Road,
Hummelstown,
PA
17036
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The Midway Drive-In opened its gates on June 30, 1950 despite the two original operators were fined $50 over a then-Sunday law two days later. It was closed on October 12, 1968 and never reopened the following year.
A 1956 aerial shows the drive-in intact complete with a fence that ran along the perimeter of the drive-in, save for the back. By 1968, that fence was gone and the drive-in appears closed.
By 1983, the concession stand/projection booth was gone but the screen was still standing until some time before 1993.
Today, although nothing was built on the drive-in itself, the topography has changed considerably. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
Opened June 30th, 1950. Article posted.
It looks like it was closed (No screen tower) in 1970 by looking at a aerial from the same year.
I must confess. My pals and I did stop up off of Kaylor Road more than one summer evening.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1025 Middletown Road. It is an empty field as it was behind where the garden center & the car wash are located now.
You need to get your facts straight, It ran until 69 and was run by Walter S. Finch Jr.This is where I learned to run movies from Walt’s brother Claude Finch. I was there till the end, may have even been early 70’s.