Yucca Drive-In
N. Elgin Avenue & NE 14th Street,
Lamesa,
TX
79331
N. Elgin Avenue & NE 14th Street,
Lamesa,
TX
79331
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Owned by Audrey Cox, the Yucca Drive-In was open from 1948-1970’s.
Contributed by
Don Lewis
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Ironic that there is a fireworks ad underneath Yucca’s “The Seven Little Foys” promo. The Foy’s are who were performing at Chicago’s Garrick Theatre when it burned killing many who were trapped.
This drive-in was still listed in the 1967 IMPA.
The Yucca Drive-In is still listed in 1975.
To correct my earlier post, it was not the Garrick Theatre but Chicago’s Iroquois Theatre that burned while the Foy’s were performing in the early 1900’s.
Car capacity was 300.
Lost Memory, your post on Sept 20th, 2005 looks like an ad for the Yucca theatre (not drive-in). The showtimes gives it away.
Didn’t it get dark early back in the 1950s? LOL
Nice catch Mike. Would you know if that ad is for the Yucca in Midland, Texas?
I would think so. The El Rancho, Ritz, Tower and Yucca are all listed in Midland on Cinematour’s site…
N Elgin Ave & NE 14th St, Lamesa, TX 79331
The above address will map to the location of the drive-in.
The footprint of the drive-in is visible on Google Earth using imagery from 1991. Current imagery shows the site being used as a baseball field.
Here is a 1970 DRG map which references the location of the drive-in.
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Approx. address for this drive-in was 1611 Lubbock Highway.
North Elgin was the rear of the drive-in. Northeast 14th did not exist @ North Elgin when this opened.