The Green Hotel

Historical marker location:

530 James St, Shafter, California

( Marker is on James Street north of Pacific Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1989

Shafter's First Commercial Building.

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.