Rock Hill Drive-In
Rock Hill, South Carolina1950-1962
Shop Rock Hill Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. W. M. Patrick and his wife built an apartment house inside the screen tower, eight stories with concession stands on the first floor and seven floors of apartments above, reached by an elevator. The drive-in opened on July 7, 1950, with Young Man With a Horn, and a 1965 aerial shows the lot with no tower. Pick a style below, then read the full Rock Hill history further down. Every shirt is printed to order in the USA and carries the memories of bygone places and teams.
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Rock Hill Drive-In History
The Rock Hill Drive-In in Rock Hill, South Carolina, opened on July 7, 1950, with Kirk Douglas in Young Man With a Horn. W. M. Patrick and his wife ran it at 348 South Workman Street, with one screen and room for about 350 cars.
It took three years to build. The Patricks had put an apartment house inside the screen tower. An exhibitor trade paper photographed it that winter, still wrapped in tar paper. It stood eight stories, with concession stands on a first floor about 20 feet by 66, and seven floors of apartments above that narrowed from 17 feet wide to 10, reached by an elevator.
The theater is listed as closed in 1962. A 1965 aerial shows the lot with no screen tower, and nothing of it remains now.