Carolina-Duke Drive-In
Chapel Hill Boulevard at Garrett Road,
U.S. 15-501,
Durham,
NC
27707
Chapel Hill Boulevard at Garrett Road,
U.S. 15-501,
Durham,
NC
27707
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Very interesting of the several drive-in theatres that operated in the Durham area. Located at the intersection of Chapel Hill Boulevard at Garrett Road just off U.S. 15-501(the area where the drive-in theatre stood is now a shopping center complex).
The Carolina-Duke Drive-In was just that….the drive-in theatre that was between the towns of Durham and Chapel Hill and 8 miles apart from both the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and also not far from Duke University.
The drive-in theatre opened in 1949 with a car capacity about over 300 to 400. After more than 26 years of serving the greater Triangle, the drive-in theatre closed its doors forever in the early 1970’s, possibly 1973.
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The name sounds like an attempt to please both campuses.
Sounds about right.
Still listed in the 1975 IMPA with a capacity for 300 cars.
Chuck 1231,
You’re right about the location site. There is a Exxon Gas Station and Car Wash(which used to be Starvin Marvin now a BP station)where the entrance used to be.
Grand memories of this place which is a Triangle landmark.
Photo is wrong location .Chuck is right Old chapel rd at Garrett.Visible on 1955 aerial photos.Was closed by then. Opened late 40s,the present chapel hill blvd not built yet.