Ellis Drive-In
1600 Mulkey Road,
Waxahachie,
TX
75165
1600 Mulkey Road,
Waxahachie,
TX
75165
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The Ellis Drive-In was opened in the early to mid-1950’s. Car capacity listed at 300 cars. It was owned by Rowley United from the early to mid-1950’s through 1966 and then by United Artists Theatres until it closed in 1969. It now sits abandoned and crumbling.
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Chuck
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That should be Waxahachie, TX.
PLEASE CHANGE TO:
waxahAchie
It’s not waxahUchie.
I found it listed on East Main Street??????
In 1967 it was still under Rowley United Division of United Artists Theater Circuit, Inc., Of Dallas, Tex., John H. Rowley, Vice-Pres & Gen. Mgr., They had 117 thearers in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
More info and photos are always welcome.
Bob, as you can see I already asked it to be corrected. I also sent and email to Ken for it to be corrected.
Today, the only thing left is the marquee which still stands hidden in the trees. The foundation of the snack bar & projection room is still on the land. Nothing else is left..
Photos I took a few months back can be seen here:. View link .. Click on the photos to enlarge them..
RAC Photography
++Copied from the Texas Theatre page (Waxahachie Tx)..
++Chuck1231 – If you type in 1600 Mulkey Road, Waxahachie, Tx in the search box of google-maps, you’ll see the outline of the Ellis Drive In Theatre… Mulkey Road is another name for Bus.Hwy. 287.. On the North-east side of the road, there’s a building (Lower right) that sits right next to the land of where the Ellis Drive In once occupied.++
This is no where near 287-Bypass & Ovilla Rd. Nearest intersection would be Mulkey Rd (Bus-Hwy 287) & Graham Street.. South-Southeast of Graham street..
Address looks to be 1800 Mulkey Rd (Bus-Hwy 287)
Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1800 East Main Street.
Mulkey became Dr. Martin Luther King which is the same as E. Main St., Randy has photos posted on Flickr showing the former marquee at the address he lists in his 1/29/12 post. Randy is a photographer from Texas and his spcialty is drive-ins and theatres. So I would go with his address in the header.