Starlite Drive-In
343 Starlite Drive,
Henderson,
KY
42420
343 Starlite Drive,
Henderson,
KY
42420
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A closer address is 343 Starlite Dr, Henderson, KY.
Yes, I know that “Starlite Dr” didn’t exist when the drive-in did. But it is the entrance road and accurately indicates its location on Google Maps.
The property is now occupied by a few businesses and the fire department.
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Motion Picture Herald, May 8, 1954: “M. H. Miller, owner, reports his Starlite drive-in, Henderson, Ky., has been finished and is ready for formal opening May 13.”
The Starlite actually had 2 screens and a playground under one of them where you could play before the movies started. And the window speakers were operational way longer than any other drive-in in the area. I don’t recall when they switched exclusively to radio transmitted audio, but it was probably the late ‘90s.
The concessions house you see here was also widely accepted to serve the best fried chicken in town. People would regularly come just for the chicken. You could tell the folks in the booth that you were picking up chicken and they’d let you drive in the exit, get your chicken, and drive back out. And I never heard of anyone saying they were going for chicken and stay for the movie without paying.
The Starlite has been demolished and the new Henderson fire station was built in its place.
Thanks for the info Mike.
It was owned by H.M. MILLER in 1956.