Twin Ranch Drive-In
Cleveland, Texas1955-1970s
Order Twin Ranch Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. The Twin Ranch opened in 1955 on U.S. 59 in Cleveland, Texas, and was planned with two screens but only ever built one. Its sign advertised pitch and putt and a night driving range, and the screen still stood in 2018 carrying ads for a truck business. Pick a style below, then read the full Twin Ranch history further down. We are an American small business bringing back the signs and logos of places and teams that are long gone but remembered fondly.
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Twin Ranch Drive-In History
The Twin Ranch Drive-In in Cleveland, Texas, opened on May 28, 1955, on U.S. 59 north of Houston. Glen McClain owned it. It was planned with two screens, which explains the name, but only one was ever built. Boxoffice gave it a two-page spread that October and said the one screen was ready for that summer and served 300 cars.
The screen was about 41 by 82 feet, covered in felt and faced with Transite, on a tower of pine poles set in concrete. A commenter who studied the back of the tower found traces of the second theater that never came, with no screen or booth on the far side.
The Twin Ranch also tried golf. A photo of the sign shows the marquee advertising pitch and putt and a night driving range, open Fridays from 2 to 10 p.m., over a smaller board offering to teach you. Listings call the theater McClain's Twin Ranch in 1968. It closed in the 1970s, by then called the Town Twin. The screen outlived it by decades and still stood in 2018, carrying advertising for a truck business.