Abington Drive-In
812 Adams Street,
Abington,
MA
02351
812 Adams Street,
Abington,
MA
02351
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The Abington Drive-In was located on the west side of Route 58 just south of the Weymouth town line. It opened about 1959 and closed 5 or 6 years later.
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The lot occupied by the Abington Drive-In remained vacant for many years after it closed. Right into the 1990s one could still see the frame of the screen in back, and the 1950s-style marquee out on the edge of the street. The lot was full of saplings and bushes.
Any photos?
The section of Route 58 on which the drive-in was located is named Adams Street. The south end of the runways of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station were located just one-half mile east of the drive-in’s front gate. Must have been rather noisy there at times.
812 Adams St, Abington, MA 02351
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using historic aerial imagery.
Here is a 1969 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.
In the “Ledger Archives” column in yesterday’s Quincy Patriot Ledger there is a very small reproduction of an ad for the Abington Drive-in from July 27, 1961. The feature movie was “The Alamo” with John Wayne; also a “Cartoon Carnival”. I think the tiny print says “on Route 58”. There is a phone number, and the ad says that the place opens at 7:30PM; show starts at 845PM (sunset in Boston on July 27 is at 809PM), and the feature starts at 935PM. The ad also states that children under 12 are admitted free.