Courtesy of Canobie Lake Park. Can you find the two locations between the "Boston Tea Party" water ride by the lake?
Map courtesy of Canobie Lake Park. Now you found it!
Photo courtesy of Trip Advisor. Presently as a haunted house.
Canobie Lake Park, 85 N. Policy St., Salem, NH
This was a roller rink in an amusement park in Salem, NH. The amusement park still operates but the rink is gone. The Holland family started the amusement park and included a skating rink in 1930. If not, it would be around 1930s. No proven information regarding specific date of open however, the Holland family sold the rink in 1958 so likely the rink closed around 1950s only to be reopened by the new owners in 1960 and closed the rink in 1980. Now the building is housed for other amusement themed activity such as a scary house.
The original design before renovation, it was more closely to Gable but was curved. And it was open platform meaning no walls, just posts to support truss for the skating rink. Called Open Roof platform.
I believe that part before 1958 it was at a different location. It is right next to the "Boston Tea Party" water ride where the dance hall theater is still there. Likely that was where the original rink but the 1960s version was built with the Quonset Domed roof on other side of the "Boston Tea Party" water ride.
It was built with raised Quonset domed roof with curved sides like a hip would be. A combination of Quonset and Hip. That is quite unusual design theme for such a building. What further unique was the rink had parquet Maple floor pattern which made roller dancing and figure skating quite difficult.
The lake side of the building had benches lined up against large screen windows for excellent ventilation. But also for viewing out to the lake. This reminds me of the Alton Bay Pavilion and the modern day still in operations rink in Brooklyn- the Brooklyn Bridge Pier 51 Skating Rink that has no windows as well as Cass Park in Ithaca, NY.
Must be quite a view! With difficult rink to skate on!
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple parquet Floor Layout: Parquet.
Building Size: N/A Built: 1930. Building still stands as other amusement venues at the amusement park.
Roof: Unique combination of Raised Quonset with curved hip. Open roof platform (no walls)
Operated: 1930 to c. 1950s and rebooted in 1960 to 1980. Now other activities.
Amusement Park- 1930 to present day.
Reason for Closure: Just the rink. Likely first closed when park sold in 1958 for unknown resaon. But after rebooted, amusement park decided to change to something else.
Wanted: Information regarding photos of the rink itself. Interior and exterior from back the day. Better close up exterior as well.
Sources: FRRP, Canobie (Amusement) Park,
© 2019 Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved.
This was a roller rink in an amusement park in Salem, NH. The amusement park still operates but the rink is gone. The Holland family started the amusement park and included a skating rink in 1930. If not, it would be around 1930s. No proven information regarding specific date of open however, the Holland family sold the rink in 1958 so likely the rink closed around 1950s only to be reopened by the new owners in 1960 and closed the rink in 1980. Now the building is housed for other amusement themed activity such as a scary house.
The original design before renovation, it was more closely to Gable but was curved. And it was open platform meaning no walls, just posts to support truss for the skating rink. Called Open Roof platform.
I believe that part before 1958 it was at a different location. It is right next to the "Boston Tea Party" water ride where the dance hall theater is still there. Likely that was where the original rink but the 1960s version was built with the Quonset Domed roof on other side of the "Boston Tea Party" water ride.
It was built with raised Quonset domed roof with curved sides like a hip would be. A combination of Quonset and Hip. That is quite unusual design theme for such a building. What further unique was the rink had parquet Maple floor pattern which made roller dancing and figure skating quite difficult.
The lake side of the building had benches lined up against large screen windows for excellent ventilation. But also for viewing out to the lake. This reminds me of the Alton Bay Pavilion and the modern day still in operations rink in Brooklyn- the Brooklyn Bridge Pier 51 Skating Rink that has no windows as well as Cass Park in Ithaca, NY.
Must be quite a view! With difficult rink to skate on!
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple parquet Floor Layout: Parquet.
Building Size: N/A Built: 1930. Building still stands as other amusement venues at the amusement park.
Roof: Unique combination of Raised Quonset with curved hip. Open roof platform (no walls)
Operated: 1930 to c. 1950s and rebooted in 1960 to 1980. Now other activities.
Amusement Park- 1930 to present day.
Reason for Closure: Just the rink. Likely first closed when park sold in 1958 for unknown resaon. But after rebooted, amusement park decided to change to something else.
Wanted: Information regarding photos of the rink itself. Interior and exterior from back the day. Better close up exterior as well.
Sources: FRRP, Canobie (Amusement) Park,
© 2019 Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved.