Edgewood Drive-In
4231 Macon Road,
Columbus,
GA
31907
4231 Macon Road,
Columbus,
GA
31907
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The Edgewood Drive-In was opened October 2, 1952 with Piper Laurie in “Has Anybody Seen My Gal”. It parked 676 cars and was owned by Martin Theatres located in Columbus.
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Albert Weis Built cinemas and Drive-ins in Georgia during the late 60’s to early 70’s with Martin theatres in firm control of Columbus I bet this Savannah,Georgia showman stayed out of Columbus.
PLEASE ADD TO ADDRESS:
MACON RD 31905.
Now a car repair shop?
Open from 1965-1975?
I know it was open in 1967.
It was owned by Martin Theaters of Georgia, Inc.
Martin Bldg.
1308 Broadway
Columbus, GA
ANYONE KNOW IF THE MARTIN BUILDING STILL STANDS?
IN 1967 MARTIN HAD 159 THEATERS INCLUDING SOME CINERAMA THEATERS ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MARTIN??
Thanks Bob.Tlsloews in Nashville mentioned one time he thought they moved their home office to Nashville.I know CARMIKE is out of Columbus,I often wondered if Martin became CARMIKE.Georgia,especially small towns seem to have a Martin owned Theatre.
The Edgewood Drive-In was open at least through the 1960s and maybe slightly into the 1970s, a year or two. The last movie I remember seeing there was “Bonnie And Clyde”, though. It was an auto repair shop through the 1980s-90s, but that too is now gone, and the place is deserted.
Macon Rd & Giddens Rd, Columbus, GA 31907
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using present day imagery.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 4231 Macon Rd. The west exit to the shopping center in front of the drive-in was the entrance. Giddens was the exit to the theatre. Part of the outline is still there.
As of today, there are a lot of things built on this property, but the current Google aerial shows about 5 rows of trees on the back left side which show where the ramps were, for how much longer, who knows?
This opened on October 2nd, 1952 and closed in 1978. Ad in photo section.
Now Columbus Fire Department behind the Winn-Dixie @ 4231 Macon Rd, Columbus, GA 31907.
Please update.