Editing Centralia, Washington (section)

====Movie Theaters====
The city was once home to the Twin City Drive-In, located immediately north of the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacCraken |first1=Gordon |title=Don't horse around with low lying ground |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/dont-horse-aroundwith-low-lying-ground,220032? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=July 19, 2006}}</ref> It began in 1933 as a single-screen outdoor theater,<ref name="FDTBA"/> with a reopening in 1961 after a transfer of ownership.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fund |first1=Edna |title=Grand Opening Held for Drive-In |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/today-in-history-couple-arrested-for-winlock-arson-in-1911,166945? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=March 24, 2011}}</ref> During the 1950s, the outdoor screens were known locally to show risque movies, such as [[Baby Doll]] and the nudist film, [[Garden of Eden (1954 film)|Garden of Eden]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mittge |first1=Brian |title=Shocking! Shocking! |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/excitement-kills-vader-woman-during-fire,211771? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=May 5, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mittge |first1=Brian |title=Nudists at drive-in |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/coal-speculator-buys-up-hanaford-farms-in-1906,216184? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=December 1, 2006}}</ref> The [[drive-in]] had a train ride for children on the property; the ride was purchased by a local enthusiast and rebuilt for use at the 2015 fair.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nailon |first1=Jordan |title=King Ag Museum Dedicated to Preserving Machines, Memories |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/king-ag-museum-dedicated-to-preserving-machines-memories,54649? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> The premises installed a second screen but eventually the venue fell into disuse and the grounds left to decay. In 2002, a prior resident of Chehalis purchased the neon entrance sign to the drive-in with plans to display it as a highway memorial to graduates from the area; he would donate the sign later to an agriculture museum located in Centralia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mittge |first1=Brian |title=Rusted Neon Glory |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/african-professor-comes-to-centralia-in-2006,212567? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=April 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=David |title=King Ag Museum - Twin City Drive-In |url=https://kingagmuseum.com/new-tractors/ |website=King Agriculture Museum |access-date=November 28, 2023 |date=March 11, 2020}}</ref> Damages from windstorms decimated the screens and a fire in 2023, declared to be most likely arson, burned down the remaining building on the property, the ticket booth that also housed the projectors.<ref name="FDTBA">{{cite news |author1=The Chronicle staff |title=Fire destroys ticket booth at closed drive-in theater |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/fire-destroys-ticket-booth-at-closed-drive-in-theater,248020? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=October 2, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Twin City Drive-In - Photo Gallery |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43161/photos |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref> {{As of|2023}}, the theater grounds are mostly bereft of any immediately visible remnants and are covered in brush.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mittge |first1=Brian |title=Outdoor cinema at SWW Fairgrounds draws rave reviews |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/outdoor-cinema-at-sww-fairgrounds-draws-rave-reviews,229061? |access-date=November 28, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=August 1, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Twin City Drive-In |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43161 |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref>