Rustic Drive-In
1760 US-380,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
1760 US-380,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
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A closer address is 1760 US-380, Brownfield, TX.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it on the back part of the property.
By 1996, the drive-in had been demolished. Although the property has yet to be developed, only a faint outline of the drive-in remains.
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Opened with Francis, the Talking Mule in “Francis.”
Boxoffice, Dec. 3, 1955: “A blaze which firemen said followed an explosion of a butane stove took the life of John H. Howze, 88, and destroyed the Rustic Drive-In on Highway 287 west of here. The butane stove was in an apartment under the screen of the theatre. Howze, a retired farmer, lived alone in the apartment. Firemen did not know he was inside until they found his body after the fire was out. High winds fanned the blaze and hampered firefighting efforts. Damage to the drive-in was estimated at $20,000.”
The Rustic Drive-In has vanished….
Uploaded two aerials.
The address is: 1774 U.S.82 Brownfield,TX 79316
Approx. location for this drive-in was east of 1724 U.S. 380. The outline though barely visible is still there.
From Brownfield’s now demolished Rustic Drive In a Rain Check ticket.
My photograph of the RUSTIC Drive In Theater www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/232893729/