Jewel of the Forest Drive-In

506 Old Kirbyville Highway,
Jasper, TX 75951

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Jewel of the Forest Drive-In

The Jasper Drive-In was under construction in 1951 when the owner was F.W. McManus. He opened it in June 1952 as the Jewel of the Forest Drive-In. That name was used by the town to describe itself. It was still open in 1957.

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Kenmore
Kenmore on August 10, 2019 at 7:38 am

Found It!

A closer address is 506 Old Kirbyville Hwy, Jasper, TX. Google doesn’t map it exactly, but you’ll find the location on the west side of the highway about a quarter-mile south of the intersection of Old Kirbyville Hwy and HWY 96 south of Jasper.

The drive-in appears on a 1952 aerial and 1956 topo map. By 1982, the drive-in had been demolished. Today, a private business occupies the site and virtually nothing of the drive-in remains.

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 17, 2020 at 2:37 pm

Billboard, July 5, 1952: “F. W. McManus and H. Wood Fain have opened the new 500-car capacity Jasper Drive-In at Jasper, Tex. McManus will serve as manager.”

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