Park-In Drive-In
19091 Lakewood Drive NW,
Soap Lake,
WA
98851
19091 Lakewood Drive NW,
Soap Lake,
WA
98851
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The Park-In Drive-In was located in Lakeview, Grant County. The town is located on the shores of Soap Lake. The Park-In Drive-In theatre held 250 cars and was owned in the late-1950’s by John Lee.
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thanks for the picture.
Great pics Ken, thanks for sharing.
My pictures are from the year 2000. Do you guys know if there is anything left of this theater today?
Ken, An aerial view of the Drive-In still shows it standing as of 2011 at the corner of Lakeview Dr. and Rd. 19NW. I guess things could have changed since the aerial was taken. But here is the google aerial
Boxoffice magazine December 29, 1951 issue mentions John Lee built the Park-in and operated it as part of the Columbia Basin Theatre Corporation.
I was just able to visit this Drive-In yesterday. The screen, the lot and the outer fence is all still there. The snack bar / projection building looks to have collapsed. Photos from my 7-21-2012 visit can be seen here. One here http://westernwadriveintheatres.weebly.com/ more here http://westernwadriveintheatres.weebly.com/park-in.html This website is new and still in development so if you navigate around it and find some blanks please excuse me.
I worked at both the Lee Theater and Parkview Drive In summer of 67. The drive in was classic.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 19091 Lakeview Dr NW, Lakeview, Washington 98851.
I’ve been trying to find out the of the last movie shown at this theatre. Thanks if you can help.
richardnecochea…the best way is to go to the local library and start going through the copies of the local newspaper and look at the movie ads.