Orangeburg Drive-In
2217 Rowesville Road,
Orangeburg,
SC
29115
2217 Rowesville Road,
Orangeburg,
SC
29115
1 person
favorited this theater
Additional Info
Nearby Theaters
The Orangeburg Drive-In was rather small with a capacity of 150 cars. It was opened in May 1950 and was operated by Mrs. Florence Tarlton. It ran movies well into the 1970’s when commercial businesses edged toward the rural area. However, it wasn’t the smallest drive-in, that honor in Orangeburg went to the Skyview Drive-In parking only 100 cars.
September 18, 1970 a Friday night feature was a pretty good double feature, “Curse of Frankenstein” and “Horror of Dracula”. It must have been a double feature package deal because the advertisement in the newspaper read “Frankenstein spills it..Dracula, drinks it”, both in color. Other than a few good monster movies the Orangeburg Drive-In had a small concession with your regular drive-in food. Pepe’s Pizza? From 1973 until its closing on September 27, 1987 it was screening adult movies.
Contributed by
Mike Rogers
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.
Recent comments (view all 10 comments)
As with the Bon-Air Drive-in, any extra facts on this Drive-in would be helpful.
Nice intro Mike,you should write books.
Now that’s my kind of drive-in double feature! And I thought the Ruskin D/I in Florida was small with only 200 spaces. Mike, did you ever send me a photo of this one?
All i have is that old newspaper ad.Bill might have seen it,but not me.
Can anyone come up with an address or at least the crossroads of this drive-in?
I THINK it was open from ABOUT 1950-1980, if you find out different, let us know.
I heard it had a home in the screen tower, is that true?
There was a drive-in on Neeses Road (SC 4) at the corner of Cimmeron Drive, near the junction with US 301-601. The ramps are still there, but that’s about it. There was another one at 2231 Rowesville Road (US 21) that appears to still have the projection booth and/or concession stand.
Thanks again.MajorMajor.
This opened in May 1950 at 2217 Rowesville Road and closed in 1987. Adult movies 1973-1987. I was able to confirm the location after I saw the Bon-Air grand opening ad. There was a very short-lived called the Azalea Drive-In opened in 1955 only.
Actual closing date is September 27, 1987.
The drive-in sat immediately south of the trailer park. It is now an open field.
The projection booth appears in a 2008 Google Street View, but was gone by 2013. It appears that the land has been resurfaced or at least landscaped. All traces of ramps and foundations are gone.
The only remnant of the drive-in remaining are bits of the entrance and exit roads.