Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. Taken in 2007. Source: Google.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. Taken in 2007. Source: Google.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. Taken in 2009. Source: Google.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. Empty lot today. Source: Google.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. The fire. Showing the front. Source: Circleville Herald. August 1, 2012.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. The big fire. Showing the rear section. Source: Circleville Herald. August 1, 2012.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. Demolishing after fire was done. Source: Circleville Herald. August 1, 2012.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. Demolishing after fire was done. Source: Circleville Herald. August 1, 2012.
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH. Demolishing the final wall. Source: Columbus Dispatch. Rebecca McKinsey, August 1, 2012.
Circle-D Skating 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH
Circle-D Recreation 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH
Circle-D Skating Rink 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH
Circle-D Recreation 144 East Main St, Circleville, OH
Circle-D Skating Rink along with their aliases, Circle-D Skating, Circle-D Recreation (and yes a few more variation but that is enough for here) which was at 144 East Main Street, Circleville, Ohio. It is said they were opened in 1954. But the fire in 2012 ended this beloved rink for the locals in Circleville, Ohio.
I am curious why it was named "D" but I get the "Circle" because of the town's name, Circleville.
This rink was under the umbrella of Circle D Recreation which had roller rink, an arcade, bowling alley, and they had a billiard hall.
It was not that large of a place when it was operational before the Tuesday, July 31, 2012 fire. It sat on its property tightly with next door building (looks like it was a church at one time) and on the line with the bank's drive-through next door. Bank on the left as another building on the right of the former rink.
The fire started late at 11:30 PM on Tuesday July 31, 2012 with seven fire departments responding to the fire. Also the state fire marshal responded.
Good thing that no one was injured in the fire. The building was completely destroyed. The estimate of monetary loss was not available at the time of the fire. A demolition crew worked with firefighters trying to reach the fire that burned beneath the collapsed first floor. The floor completely covered like a crock pot lid and seeing that the fire was still ongoing under that floor which made this fire very difficult to battle. The fire started in the building that housed the bowling alley. The floor above, which held the skating rink, collapsed. This made the fire fighters had a hard time battle this fire.
Circle D manager Jeremy Tinney, 33, was one of four employees inside the building who discovered the fire Monday night. They smelled smoke coming from a locked storeroom on the building’s lower level and crouched down before opening the door.
“All you could see was fire,” he said. “A huge fireball rolled out right over our heads.”
--Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch, Rebecca McKinsey, Aug 1, 2012.
(I know how that is like. Had an experience with a real fire at my high school at the stairways where our fire exit should be processed but we could not go out that way, we ran down to the middle of the academy building on third floor and went down the middle stairs. The fire was in rear stair area. We were last to get out. The fire was located on the ceiling. They repaired next day and it looked new by end of the day. They said teenagers did it but I do not have any confirmation yet.) It is dangerous and do not open doors because of backdraft. They had a backdraft at the rink when they opened that door. ALWAYS feel the doors! If it is too warm or hot, what rhyme with that word, "hot"? NOT to open it! Depart the other way!
The original structure was built in 1816 as either the first or second brick home in Circleville, according to the local historical and genealogical library. The building was partially demolished and expanded in the 1940s, and it has housed the family-owned skating business since 1954.
Owner Terry Pescosolido estimated the building, which was insured, had been worth about $1.5 million. He hoped to rebuild the entertainment center. This makes one of the oldest roller rink building. Ohio seemly to have rinks in very old buildings that goes back far as 200 plus years. Ye Olde Mill Roller Rink was the other rink with that age old building. ironically, both rinks had experiences with fires. There was another fire quite similar situation-- the Colonial Roller Rink that they too had a quick burn down and was spreading to other businesses next to it. Both faced similar situations and only preserve other businesses.
It was so bad that they had to let it burn, no investigators and firefighters come inside because of safety. Not even in few hours after the fire died down. They also had a few crowd issues that likely they had to have the crowd push back. Maybe. But they are not saying that in the media. Likely they were pushed back. About 500 to 600 people watched the fire. About the same for the Colonial fire.
Three fire departments fought the fire. It was so bad that they called two other departments out of town to come fight the fire.
The fire started in the bowling alley area-- which was on ground floor. But fire was actually under the floor.
Well, apparently Terry, the owner, did not rebuilt it. I do not know why he did not. Anyone know why? Size of rink? Material of the roller rink? anything else? Number of lanes?
The Interior.
The roller rink was on second floor toward the rear part of the complex. You can see where the gabled Red-Bricks part of the building. That part is very old. The bowling was on ground floor. The arcade and billiards were likely closer to the front.
The floor was likely Maple Wood for the roller rink.
The Exterior.
The building at the time just before the fire, it was just merely three parts. The original was likely the back half of the entire building. The architecture style clearly showed it was early 19th Century style with Gable roof but the front half had two sections more modern. The front quarter of the entire complex appeared to be very.. 1930s Art Deco because of the clean streamlined upper half of the frontage with the name of the rink in slant, Circle D above the front door. The bottom half of the front is all bricks.
There was a beautiful garden in front of the building. Now that part is gone too along with the entire complex because of the big fire they had that destroyed the entertainment center.
It did appear three different eras to see on that building. 1810s, 1900s, and 1930s. I am sure the interior was renovated.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built/Renovations: (original) 1816, expansion 1940s, Demolished: Original building partly demolished in 1940s, rebuilt 1940s, Tuesday July, 31, 2012 at 11:30 PM. due to a fire.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Lanes: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1954 to Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11:30 p.m.
Reason for Closure: Fire destroyed the rink.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources:
Rink-Time - Circle D Roller Rink. (Error on date of establishment for the rink).
Bizz Lister - Circle D Roller Rink.
Travel Ohio - Circle D Recreation.
Circleville Herald - Circle D fire. PDF
Circleville Herald - Follow up on the Circle D fire hours later. PDF
10 TV - Circle D fire.
Columbus Dispatch - The Circle D fire. PDF
Date of issue: 10 August 2021.
For office use only:
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
I am curious why it was named "D" but I get the "Circle" because of the town's name, Circleville.
This rink was under the umbrella of Circle D Recreation which had roller rink, an arcade, bowling alley, and they had a billiard hall.
It was not that large of a place when it was operational before the Tuesday, July 31, 2012 fire. It sat on its property tightly with next door building (looks like it was a church at one time) and on the line with the bank's drive-through next door. Bank on the left as another building on the right of the former rink.
The fire started late at 11:30 PM on Tuesday July 31, 2012 with seven fire departments responding to the fire. Also the state fire marshal responded.
Good thing that no one was injured in the fire. The building was completely destroyed. The estimate of monetary loss was not available at the time of the fire. A demolition crew worked with firefighters trying to reach the fire that burned beneath the collapsed first floor. The floor completely covered like a crock pot lid and seeing that the fire was still ongoing under that floor which made this fire very difficult to battle. The fire started in the building that housed the bowling alley. The floor above, which held the skating rink, collapsed. This made the fire fighters had a hard time battle this fire.
Circle D manager Jeremy Tinney, 33, was one of four employees inside the building who discovered the fire Monday night. They smelled smoke coming from a locked storeroom on the building’s lower level and crouched down before opening the door.
“All you could see was fire,” he said. “A huge fireball rolled out right over our heads.”
--Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch, Rebecca McKinsey, Aug 1, 2012.
(I know how that is like. Had an experience with a real fire at my high school at the stairways where our fire exit should be processed but we could not go out that way, we ran down to the middle of the academy building on third floor and went down the middle stairs. The fire was in rear stair area. We were last to get out. The fire was located on the ceiling. They repaired next day and it looked new by end of the day. They said teenagers did it but I do not have any confirmation yet.) It is dangerous and do not open doors because of backdraft. They had a backdraft at the rink when they opened that door. ALWAYS feel the doors! If it is too warm or hot, what rhyme with that word, "hot"? NOT to open it! Depart the other way!
The original structure was built in 1816 as either the first or second brick home in Circleville, according to the local historical and genealogical library. The building was partially demolished and expanded in the 1940s, and it has housed the family-owned skating business since 1954.
Owner Terry Pescosolido estimated the building, which was insured, had been worth about $1.5 million. He hoped to rebuild the entertainment center. This makes one of the oldest roller rink building. Ohio seemly to have rinks in very old buildings that goes back far as 200 plus years. Ye Olde Mill Roller Rink was the other rink with that age old building. ironically, both rinks had experiences with fires. There was another fire quite similar situation-- the Colonial Roller Rink that they too had a quick burn down and was spreading to other businesses next to it. Both faced similar situations and only preserve other businesses.
It was so bad that they had to let it burn, no investigators and firefighters come inside because of safety. Not even in few hours after the fire died down. They also had a few crowd issues that likely they had to have the crowd push back. Maybe. But they are not saying that in the media. Likely they were pushed back. About 500 to 600 people watched the fire. About the same for the Colonial fire.
Three fire departments fought the fire. It was so bad that they called two other departments out of town to come fight the fire.
The fire started in the bowling alley area-- which was on ground floor. But fire was actually under the floor.
Well, apparently Terry, the owner, did not rebuilt it. I do not know why he did not. Anyone know why? Size of rink? Material of the roller rink? anything else? Number of lanes?
The Interior.
The roller rink was on second floor toward the rear part of the complex. You can see where the gabled Red-Bricks part of the building. That part is very old. The bowling was on ground floor. The arcade and billiards were likely closer to the front.
The floor was likely Maple Wood for the roller rink.
The Exterior.
The building at the time just before the fire, it was just merely three parts. The original was likely the back half of the entire building. The architecture style clearly showed it was early 19th Century style with Gable roof but the front half had two sections more modern. The front quarter of the entire complex appeared to be very.. 1930s Art Deco because of the clean streamlined upper half of the frontage with the name of the rink in slant, Circle D above the front door. The bottom half of the front is all bricks.
There was a beautiful garden in front of the building. Now that part is gone too along with the entire complex because of the big fire they had that destroyed the entertainment center.
It did appear three different eras to see on that building. 1810s, 1900s, and 1930s. I am sure the interior was renovated.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built/Renovations: (original) 1816, expansion 1940s, Demolished: Original building partly demolished in 1940s, rebuilt 1940s, Tuesday July, 31, 2012 at 11:30 PM. due to a fire.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Lanes: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1954 to Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11:30 p.m.
Reason for Closure: Fire destroyed the rink.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources:
Rink-Time - Circle D Roller Rink. (Error on date of establishment for the rink).
Bizz Lister - Circle D Roller Rink.
Travel Ohio - Circle D Recreation.
Circleville Herald - Circle D fire. PDF
Circleville Herald - Follow up on the Circle D fire hours later. PDF
10 TV - Circle D fire.
Columbus Dispatch - The Circle D fire. PDF
Date of issue: 10 August 2021.
For office use only:
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.