Heath Drive-In

1892 Hebron Road,
Newark, OH 43056

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Drive-In 1954
Drive-In 1954 on May 21, 2013 at 1:22 pm

Clarence..I’m working changing the city on the overview.

I would like see what you pictures you have of both drive-ins. I working new historical overviews for both.

email…

Clarence
Clarence on May 21, 2013 at 9:57 am

I was born and raised in Heath, OH. I can tell you that this drive in was (and still is) located on Hebron Rd (SR 79) in Heath, Ohio. Back in the day a lot of businesses in Heath were listed as Newark because they shared a zip code and Newark was the larger of the two cities. Heath now has its own zip code, 43056, and is BY FAR the better city when compared to Newark. Every single new business opens in Heath and I don’t know anyone who would rather live in Newark than Heath. I was born in 1970 and anytime after that there was never a drive-in on Channel St in Newark. The Newark drive-in was call the Valley Drive-In and was located on 21st Street on the north side of Newark. I have been to both many times, including on the grounds of the Heath theater within the last couple months. I also have a lot of memorabilia from both drive in theaters. Hopefully this clears things up. If you would like pictures of what I have to post on the site let me know and I will email them to you.

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 9, 2012 at 4:17 pm

Approx. address for this drive-was 1892 Hebron Rd.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 16, 2011 at 3:56 pm

If your location is correct then this Drive-In was located in Heath, OH. and not Newark. OH.

SiliconSam
SiliconSam on April 16, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Kinda confused about the location… The 2nd picture in the first post says it’s a pic of the drive-in taken from Hwy 79. The highway is nowhere near Channel St. Google Earth shows no drive-in going back to 1994 on that residential street as well.

Street View shows the screen still existing on 79 South of town a ways. Near Reinhard Dr.

http://goo.gl/maps/rUIO

http://goo.gl/maps/IOLA

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 8, 2011 at 11:47 am

thanks Chuck.Great pictures.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 5, 2011 at 10:37 pm

That should have been AKA Heath Auto Theatre located on E. Channel St.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 5, 2011 at 7:40 am

AKA Heath Auto Theatre located on E. Chan nel St.
Some photos
http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/ohtheat026.jpg
http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/ohtheat015.jpg
http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/ohtheat016.jpg