Jet Drive-In
810 Gillespie Street,
Fayetteville,
NC
28306
810 Gillespie Street,
Fayetteville,
NC
28306
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Previous Names: Cumberland Drive-In
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The September 16, 1953 issue of The Exhibitor reported, “The Jet Drive-In, formerly operated as the Cumberland Drive-In, held its formal opening near Fayetteville, N. C., on Highway 301. J. D. Hammett, Blacksburg, S. C., is the new manager, and R. C. Saunders is the owner. The drive-in was reconditioned for the opening.”
The 1955-56 Theatre Catalog listed the Jet Drive-In “(Formerly Cumberland)” in Fayetteville. Owner was R. C. Saunders, capacity was 196 cars. It had closed in the 1960’s.
Aerial photos showed a drive-in on what was then US 301 (later Alt 301) just south of town. Construction of Highway 87 obliterated the site, which was where the Gillespie Street ramps south of the freeway are today.
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Michael Kilgore
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The Jet Drive-In closed sometime in the 1960s. Both its traces and the projection booth remained for decades until the 1990s.
Screen appears to be demolished in the 1970s.
opened August 28th, 1953. Grand opening ad posted.
This opened as the Cumberland Drive-In theatre on October 14th, 1952 “for White only” and reopened as the Jet Drive-In on August 28th, 1953. Grand opening ad posted. Could this have been opened to “Colored” patrons before October 1952 under a different name?
This one keeps changing names, It became the 301 South Drive-In on April 14th, 1956 and renamed the Horizon Drive-In on May 22nd, 1956 and its last ad appeared on November 24th, 1956. Colored patrons were admitted started on May 24th, 1956. More ads posted.