Lafayette Grammar School

Historical marker location:

955 Moraga Road, Lafayette, California

( Marker is on Moraga Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1973

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.