Historical Marker
City Hall 1981
Historical marker location:
1666 North Main Street, Walnut Creek, California
( Marker is on North Main Street near Civic Drive, on the right when traveling south.)
1666 N. Main Street. 1981.
The first drive-in movie theater in the world was opened in California in 1933. The theater, called the Drive-In Theatre, was located in Camden, New Jersey. However, the drive-in movie theater became more popular in California and eventually spread across the country.