Hilltop Drive-In
4125 Nowata Road,
Bartlesville,
OK
74006
4125 Nowata Road,
Bartlesville,
OK
74006
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aka Hill-Top Drive-In - its most advertised name in the 1950s before becoming the Hilltop Drive-In thereafter.
Boxoffice, Oct. 23, 1948: “BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. – The new Hill Top Drive-In here, a Griffith Bros. showcase located three miles east of the city on the Nowata road, was to be opened October 8. The ozoner accommodates 500 cars and cost an estimated $130,000.”
Approx. address for this drive-in was 4125 Nowata Road. Now the city’s newspaper Examiner-Enterprise’s office. Behind the office, part of the outline though barely visible is still there.
Oklahoma Historical Society has a vintage photo of the “High Tech” engineered Hilltop (misspelled Hilton) Drive-In. To view image type in word “Hilton” View link
This site has sketchy detail of the Hilltop & states the drive-in has been demolished -
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