Honea-Ware Drive-In
Honea Path Street,
Ware Shoals,
SC
29692
Honea Path Street,
Ware Shoals,
SC
29692
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Previous Names: Honey Ware Drive-In
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The Honey Ware Drive-in was opened by 1949 when it was operated by M.L. Street and a capacity for 175-cars. By 1950 it had been renamed Honea-Ware Drive-In and was operated by Everett Olson. It had closed by 1952. By 1953 it had reopened and was still operated by Everett Olson and the car capacity had been increased to 220-cars. It was still open in 1955.
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Ken Roe
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On February 1, 1967, the entire theater property was sold to a person named E.N. Olsen, with the entire 7.5 acres costing $1. I’m not joking, it said that it was sold for only a single dollar.
It appears on Google Street View that an athletic field now occupies the former theatre space.
I do not believe the open field on Honea Path Street was the site of the drive-in.
A 1970 aerial shows a massive textile mill, Reigel Textiles that had been in operation since 1906 in that location. It was closed in 1984 and the buildings left derelict until it was all torn down by the turn of the 21st century.
Unfortunately, the earliest aerial I can access is 1975 and topo map, 1975. I see no indication of any drive-in. Although from the information that has been presented so far, it could have closed by the late 1950s and the property built over for some other purpose by 1970.