Somerset Drive-In
535 Grand Army Highway,
Somerset,
MA
02726
535 Grand Army Highway,
Somerset,
MA
02726
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A drive-in theatre on Route 6 in Somerset, Massachusetts, not far from Fall River.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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IMPA lists this drive-in as the Somerset Family Drive-In with a capacity for 350 cars. Status is demolished. Grand Army Highway can be used instead of Route 6 so Google will map the location.
A small article on the 1950 opening of the Somerset Drive-In appeared in Boxoffice Magazine on July 8, 1950. Go to page 106.
http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_070850-2
The Somerset was the first drive-in in the state to be equipped with 3-D projection, according to an item in Boxoffice magazine, issue of July 4, 1953. The first 3-D offering was “Bwana Devil.” The next one would be “Man in the Dark.” Admissions were upped from 60 cents to 75 cents per person for the 3-D engagements. Turn-away crowds were reported.
Licensed granted for the construction of the Somerset Drive-In Theatre in 1949, as reported in Boxoffice magazine, December 10, 1949. Construction would be completed in the summer of 1950.
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535 Grand Army Hwy, Somerset, MA 02726
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which was located behind Home Depot.
The entrance for the drive-in was actually from Brayton Point Road.
Here is a 1971 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.