Highway 59 Drive-In
17258 US-59,
Humble,
TX
77396
17258 US-59,
Humble,
TX
77396
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The Highway 59 Drive-In opened in 1956. The owner was W. W. Blakey. He lived on the property with his wife Mattie, who ran the concession building. The screen tower was a plain, wooden enclosed structure. The drive in closed in the early-1970’s. The land is heavily wooded and has been for sale since 2010. The drive-in property sits next to a Budget Host Motel.
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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.”
Something is happening to the property as a February 2020 Google Street View shows considerable clearing going on.
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.