Bountiful Motor View Theatre - Bountiful, Utah (Demolished)
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Lord Mot
N 40° 51.660 W 111° 53.606
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The Bountiful Drive-In, shown on this 1975 geological survey map, was located on the southwest corner of 500 West 2600 South.
Waymark Code: WMF4YQ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2012
Views: 7
The church (still exists)I went to most most of my life is/was acorss the street from the Bountiful Motor View Drive In.
The Bountiful Motor View Theatre was owned by J. N. Bills and had a capacity of 650 cars. The screen of the theater was on the west side of the drive-in and had exposed iron I-beam girders on its backside. In front of the screen was a sandbox where children could play. Sound was provided by heavy cast iron speakers which hung in the cars' windows. The drive-in rented portable heaters for use when it was cold. The fence arround the property was made of corrugated tin. Next to the drive-in, behind the screen, was a car dealership. On the other side of the drive-in was a church. After the theater was demolished, a strip mall was built on the site.
The Bountiful Drive-In opened before 1950 and closed after 1977. The address for the theater was 6525 South US Highway 91 until 1968, when it changed to 2699 South Main Street.
Status: Demolished
Site status: torn down
Site details: now a strip mall
Screens: 1
Cars: 650
Open: Before 1950
Closed: 1977
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visit link)
Current condition: Something standing in it's place (no remains)
Address:
2699 South Main Street
Bountiful, Utah
84010
Web Page: [Web Link]
Rating: 
Unknown Name: Not listed
Drive-In For Sale!: Not listed
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