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Moonlite
Theatre
| location | 17555 Lee Highway (US 11/19), Abingdon, Va. |
| telephone | (276) 628-7881 ** NOTE: NEW AREA CODE |
| year opened | 1949 |
| capacity | 454 cars |
| booking policy |
double features |
| sound | FM (speakers under repair) |
| admission | $5; children under 11 free with parent |
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| website | www.moonlitetheatre.com |
This was the drive-in featured in USA Today's recent Life cover story. Quoting owner William Booker: "I'm going to be doing
this for quite
a long time. It's never crossed my mind
to close this place down."
The Moonlite just became one of only three drive-ins in the United States to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. Read about it in this article.
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Click here to see
the 1991 USGS map
depicting the drive-in and surrounding
area.
Click here to see an April 1998 aerial photograph of the drive-in.
Photos from June 1998:
Below photos are by Stu Megaw, taken May 2000.
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