Sherwood Twin Drive-In
5363 W. Third Street,
Dayton,
OH
45427
5363 W. Third Street,
Dayton,
OH
45427
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Brothers Al, Lou and Sam Levin open Sherwood Drive-In on June 27, 1954.
Sherwood Drive-In was the first ever twin theatre when a new screen was added and became Sherwood Twin Drive-In in the summer of 1959.
Sadly it closed at the end of the season in 1989 as west down fell apart. Today nothing remains but the concession stand.
The second concession stand burned down years ago. Screen two remains and screen 1 is used now at the Levin’s Dixie Drive-In, which is now a twin.
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My first “second” job I ever had in Dayton in 1963 was in the concession stand of the north screen, the newest one. Later, I worked as Assistant Manager of the Dayton West, also owned by the same brothers down the street. Incidentally, the Levin brothers lived in a large house located next door to the east of the Sherwood Twin.
The operator was listed as Lewis Levin in the 1963 motion picture almanac. Car capacity was 350. The almanac lists the operator of both the Dayton East and Dayton West Drive-Ins as Tri-State Theaters. This may have been the Levin Brothers' company at that time.
There is an old sign at near the western edge of the property, actually in the parking lot of whatever business is next door. It looks a lot like a drive-in marquee, but it isn’t exactly on the drive-in lot. Is this sign actually the Sherwood’s old marquee?
As best I believe that the original sign for the Sherwood was either painted or mounted on the front side of the screen nearest W. Third Street. The sign shown in the picture actually belonged to a large restaurant just on the west side of the movie theater.