Noticed the evolution? Both courtesy of Google Map.
Courtesy of Zillow. Snack bar area with the rink to the left, facing the front.
Flying Wheels Roller Skating 126 South 4th St., Elmwood, NE
This rink was in a very unusual building that seemly to be out of place or time. Unusual but unique. It was opened in 1989 after it was built that year. It was housed in none other than a Quonset Hut with Hip roof.
Usually you history of Quonset built in 1930s to 1950s especially because of the War back then and I mean World War II. And the popularity in Post-War Era of second half of 1940s and the 1950s before Googie Architecture got the boot into Browning of America.
They still do make Quonset Huts out there if you can find them through your internet providers however, just have to dig a big more because your local H-stores do not have them or at the Home shows.
It is on a small street with a few small business section with homes surrounded those including this former rink.
I do not have the date of closure but it became an event center then it became a bar.
It even includes an apartment likely in the rear of the building on the side.
Interesting side note- The older pictures from Google Map showed another odd looking structure next door in rather Van Gogh Yellow or Dusty Gold with side walls leaning each side with flat top and extended beam that matched the width of the building itself! They must have torn that one down and built a new garage that appeared more like a standard warehouse steel sheet walls building.
The Interior.
The skating rink was right in the Quonset Hut part of the building while the Snack-bar and rentals, bathrooms, etc were right by the extension part of the building. The building truss were made of thick Wood farm posts curved.
The Exterior.
It was an Quonset Hut building that has a Hip side extension for snack bar. The main Quonset part was the rink itself. It was rather small rink. The Arch of the Quonset Hut was not perfectly smooth arch but rather more sharper tip top point of the Arch. Quonset usually curved smoother. But still, it is a Quonoset.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: 1996 for extension (and original, 1989) Demolished: Still Standing.
Type of Building: Wood Free Span Aluminum Siding Quonset Hut Building.
Roof: Quonset Hut.
Acres: 0.28 acres
Operated: 1989 to late 1990s.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open and closed, why closed, and of course, pictures of interior and when it was running as a rink. Needs a pic of the rink floor section! Zillow did not show that.
Sources: Zillow, Google Map, Rink Time,
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved.
This rink was in a very unusual building that seemly to be out of place or time. Unusual but unique. It was opened in 1989 after it was built that year. It was housed in none other than a Quonset Hut with Hip roof.
Usually you history of Quonset built in 1930s to 1950s especially because of the War back then and I mean World War II. And the popularity in Post-War Era of second half of 1940s and the 1950s before Googie Architecture got the boot into Browning of America.
They still do make Quonset Huts out there if you can find them through your internet providers however, just have to dig a big more because your local H-stores do not have them or at the Home shows.
It is on a small street with a few small business section with homes surrounded those including this former rink.
I do not have the date of closure but it became an event center then it became a bar.
It even includes an apartment likely in the rear of the building on the side.
Interesting side note- The older pictures from Google Map showed another odd looking structure next door in rather Van Gogh Yellow or Dusty Gold with side walls leaning each side with flat top and extended beam that matched the width of the building itself! They must have torn that one down and built a new garage that appeared more like a standard warehouse steel sheet walls building.
The Interior.
The skating rink was right in the Quonset Hut part of the building while the Snack-bar and rentals, bathrooms, etc were right by the extension part of the building. The building truss were made of thick Wood farm posts curved.
The Exterior.
It was an Quonset Hut building that has a Hip side extension for snack bar. The main Quonset part was the rink itself. It was rather small rink. The Arch of the Quonset Hut was not perfectly smooth arch but rather more sharper tip top point of the Arch. Quonset usually curved smoother. But still, it is a Quonoset.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: 1996 for extension (and original, 1989) Demolished: Still Standing.
Type of Building: Wood Free Span Aluminum Siding Quonset Hut Building.
Roof: Quonset Hut.
Acres: 0.28 acres
Operated: 1989 to late 1990s.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open and closed, why closed, and of course, pictures of interior and when it was running as a rink. Needs a pic of the rink floor section! Zillow did not show that.
Sources: Zillow, Google Map, Rink Time,
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved.