Grotto Grounds OH - 595, Haydenville, OH. This was a postcard likely taken in late 1920s. Source: The Hocking Hills 1900 - 1950 by Judith Stoltz Maniskas. Page 31.
Grotto Grounds OH - 595, Haydenville, OH. Possible location of the former rink. Hard to find but this might be the location. Made sense it was near the drive in theaters. Please do correct me if the location is wrong. Source: USGS 1960.
Grotto Grounds OH - 595, Haydenville, OH. In 2020. It has been a highway since 1970s. So, the timing was pretty good for the state to make the highway there. It is the on-ramp now. Source: Google.
Grotto Grounds OH - 595, Haydenville, OH
Grotto Grounds was a roller rink in Haydenville, Ohio. I do not know the street but I think it was OH - 595 as an educated guess because of the view of the background in the photo. See photo above. It has to be on main road through small countryside town that would blink when you drive through.
All I could find is a postcard and brief information. Of course, the name sounded familiar to many of you, The Grotto Gardens is what you are thinking but that is a different place -- it is a garden for veterans needed peaceful place after spending time in terrible battlefields. Entirely different location. And in fact, there was Grotto Roller Gardens in the same town where Grotto Gardens is but no information for that rink because everything was focus on the garden. Hmm.
Interesting, right?
Well, this one, Grotto Grounds Roller Rink was opened in 1920s (no specific year or day and month) but it was operational pretty well till it burned down in 1969. I attempted to search on old aerial photos, I could not find in the 1967 and 1960 editions of aerial maps unfortunately. They never got to rebuilt and it was timing because the state needed to built a highway, US Route 33 would run through it. They demolished the house cross the street to make room for the road to curve because of the on-ramp from OH - 595 to US Route 33 North. It was very hard to find it and I found it because it matches to the date and because you can see the shadow up front that has a curve.. that cupula in the front of the building. It was a square shaped building. The rink clearly was quite small especially for small town like this.
They built the highway sometimes in 1970s.
Interesting to note that it was kind of cross the street from the town's movie drive-in.
The Interior.
For sure Maple Wood floor to skate considering the architecture design and the decade it was built. So, Maple wood floor was the ideal floor material any time before 1960s.
May had wood décor theme to go with the rustic look on the outside.
The Exterior.
It has a Column-Posts Wood Trusses Wood - Walled House - like with front porch Building with Gable with Stormers and Bonnet. The building looked more like a house but it also looked more like a storefront of its time. Of course, built in 1920s. With this look, I am surprised it lasted till it burned down in 1969.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built/Renovations: N/A. Demolished: 1969 by fire.
Type of Building: Column-Posts Wood Trusses Wood - Walled House - like with front porch Building.
Roof: Gable with Stormers and Bonnet.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1920s to 1969.
Reason for Closure: Fire. Never rebuilt.
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:
The Hocking Hills 1900 - 1950 by Judith Stoltz Maniskas. Page 31.
Date of issue: 30 August 2021.
For office use only: 1
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
All I could find is a postcard and brief information. Of course, the name sounded familiar to many of you, The Grotto Gardens is what you are thinking but that is a different place -- it is a garden for veterans needed peaceful place after spending time in terrible battlefields. Entirely different location. And in fact, there was Grotto Roller Gardens in the same town where Grotto Gardens is but no information for that rink because everything was focus on the garden. Hmm.
Interesting, right?
Well, this one, Grotto Grounds Roller Rink was opened in 1920s (no specific year or day and month) but it was operational pretty well till it burned down in 1969. I attempted to search on old aerial photos, I could not find in the 1967 and 1960 editions of aerial maps unfortunately. They never got to rebuilt and it was timing because the state needed to built a highway, US Route 33 would run through it. They demolished the house cross the street to make room for the road to curve because of the on-ramp from OH - 595 to US Route 33 North. It was very hard to find it and I found it because it matches to the date and because you can see the shadow up front that has a curve.. that cupula in the front of the building. It was a square shaped building. The rink clearly was quite small especially for small town like this.
They built the highway sometimes in 1970s.
Interesting to note that it was kind of cross the street from the town's movie drive-in.
The Interior.
For sure Maple Wood floor to skate considering the architecture design and the decade it was built. So, Maple wood floor was the ideal floor material any time before 1960s.
May had wood décor theme to go with the rustic look on the outside.
The Exterior.
It has a Column-Posts Wood Trusses Wood - Walled House - like with front porch Building with Gable with Stormers and Bonnet. The building looked more like a house but it also looked more like a storefront of its time. Of course, built in 1920s. With this look, I am surprised it lasted till it burned down in 1969.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built/Renovations: N/A. Demolished: 1969 by fire.
Type of Building: Column-Posts Wood Trusses Wood - Walled House - like with front porch Building.
Roof: Gable with Stormers and Bonnet.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1920s to 1969.
Reason for Closure: Fire. Never rebuilt.
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:
The Hocking Hills 1900 - 1950 by Judith Stoltz Maniskas. Page 31.
Date of issue: 30 August 2021.
For office use only: 1
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.