Highway 59 Drive-In

Based on aerial photos, the Highway 59 expanded by three ramps between 1962 and 1964. They also added a house behind the back ramp, but the house was gone by 1973, even though the screen was still up. The screen was gone by 1981.

Boxoffice, July 21, 1956: “W. W. Blakey, owner of Pop’s Bargain Barn on Jensen drive, has opened his Humble Drive-In two miles south of the Humble highway on Highway 59. He sold his business in Houston and is living in a house trailer at the airer. Blakey was a projectionist for 15 years some years ago. He is his own operator now, with wife Mattie Lee running the concessions.”