About this property
66 Drive-In is a historic drive-in theater national historic district located on U.S. Route 66 in Jasper County, Missouri near Carthage. The theater opened on September 22, 1949, four years before the first local television stations signed on in the Joplin-Springfield area. In an era before widespread adoption of transistors and before the invention of integrated circuits, car radios were not standard equipment in all vehicles. The few radios installed in vehicles were of vacuum tube design and power-hungry by modern standards. A series of poles in the car park of the nine-acre site were therefore deployed to hold loudspeakers so that viewers could hear the movie.
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Federal Designation
The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 03000182. It was listed on April 1, 2003.
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Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
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When was 66 Drive-In listed on the National Register?
66 Drive-In was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 2003.
What type of historic resource is 66 Drive-In?
66 Drive-In is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.
What is the period of significance for 66 Drive-In?
The period of significance for 66 Drive-In is recorded as the civil_war era.
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