Lincoln Drive-In
4920 US 80,
Tuskegee,
AL
36083
4920 US 80,
Tuskegee,
AL
36083
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Previous Names: 80 Drive-In
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The 80 Drive-In was operating in 1950 as an African-American theatre. By 1955, it had been renamed Lincoln Theatre, and was operated by John Moffit, co-owner of the Carver Theatre in Montgomery, AL.
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Ken Roe
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An aerial view of the theater’s location from its gallery page at Drive-ins.com can be seen here.
Approx. location for this drive-in was 3915 U.S. 80.
Opened July 1, 1949, the Jasper businessmen who opened the theater had sit down theater seating for patrons who rode the bus or took cars to the ozoner. Located on the Montgomery Highway, the theater took its original name from adjoining highway 80 as the 80 Drive-In Theatre before becoming the Lincoln Drive-In.
For what it’s worth, the screen appears to still be intact. http://tinyurl.com/nso3pax
Could you post a photo directly to CT?
Wish I could. The link I provided is from Google Maps. You can see the shadow cast by the screen on the bottom so at least within the past year or so the screen is still standing.
A more accurate address is actually 4920 U.S. 80, Tuskegee, AL.
The screen does still appear to be standing.
Opened On August 11, 1949.