Hillcrest Roller Rink Connellsville, PA. Source: Miner Reunions.
Hillcrest Roller Rink Connellsville, PA. Source: Hippostcard.
Hillcrest Roller Rink Connellsville, PA. The interior, based on a postcard. Source: Miller Reunions.
Hillcrest Roller Rink Connellsville, PA
aka Hillcrest Park Roller Rink Connellsville, PA
Fay West Arena Skate Lane, Connellsville, PA
aka Hillcrest Park Roller Rink Connellsville, PA
Fay West Arena Skate Lane, Connellsville, PA
Hillcrest Roller Rink was a roller rink in Connellsville, Pennsylvania during the early-mid 20th Century. I am not sure if it is related to the Fay West Arena on Skate Lane in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. But who knows. I could not find information regarding Fay West Arena though.
But with Hillcrest Roller Rink, it was known as Hillcrest Park Roller Rink.
So, let's move on to Hillcrest Roller Rink.
There is a website about family reunions and school reunions and one family had theirs at the Hillside Park where the rink was. They included roller skating for the reunion. They attended annually for four years straight.
The McDowell-Miner Families Reunion were held from 1927 to 1930. They were even featured in the newspaper, Connellsville Daily Courier about the reunions. Sounds like they were pretty big reunions at the park. The newspaper clippings talked about that but nothing mention about the rink itself although the website did show the rink building.
What is odd is that Hillcrest Park is non-existence. Did the park close for good? That is another question rose out of my research. What happened to that park? Did it become a different park name? State park? Good questions. Anyone?
The Interior.
The postcard shown to have Maple Wood with no paint job covering the floor. It had tiny banners on each trusses.
Since it was in Black-and-White, I have no idea what colors they were on the interior (as well as exterior).
The Exterior.
They appeared to be White but I am not sure because the photographs and postcads showed in Black-and-White. Anybody?
It appeared to be Mixed roof with Gable and Skirt.
It does how house-like commercial site. This could date them before 1920s. Maybe 1900s, 10s? Who knows.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Hardwood Maple, non-painted. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: N/A.
Organ: N/A. Likely but unknown.
Organ: N/A.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- Likely before 1927 to N/A.
Hillcrest Roller Rink: Likely before 1927 to N/A.
aka Hillcrest Park Roller Rink: Likely before 1927 to N/A.
Fay West Arena: N/A.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Hillcrest Roller Rink: N/A.
aka Hillcrest Park Roller Rink: N/A.
Fay West Arena: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Also send me any updates such as reopening, sold, name changes, or whatsoever occurred with this rink or any rinks. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© Before you email, please state this rink name AND THE CITY AND STATE (or COUNTRY) so I can know where or what rink you are talking about. Thank you. We welcome both active and defunct rinks.
Sources:
Hippocard - Postcard.
eBay - Postcard.
Reunions - Four years in a row family reunions held at the park and maybe at the rink. The articles never mentioned roller skating but the website showed the skating rink. Did they skated? Perhaps. But point showed the rink was operational before 1927 for sure.
Worth to visit:
None. I do not have exact address and consider of age when this was operating. They are closed, gone. No one knows where.
Date of issue: 06 April 2022.
For office use only: 3.
DISCLAIMER:
International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© (formerly known as Dead-Rinks) and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Dead Rinks is now International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© because many former names have become new names at the same rinks that are still active and due to much confusion, We have decided that International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© fits better for all rinks including defunct, closed, inactive, rebooted, and rinks that are still active today. For short on this site, it is International Roller Skating Rinks History© Bear with us as we change the entire site page by page each day. Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former. Since we are rebooted to allow alive rinks, active rinks, we welcome those active rinks as well. It will be described.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© are not the property of Dead-Rinks therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Disclaimer.
© Copyrighted by International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation©, an International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 16. Deut. 32:7.
But with Hillcrest Roller Rink, it was known as Hillcrest Park Roller Rink.
So, let's move on to Hillcrest Roller Rink.
There is a website about family reunions and school reunions and one family had theirs at the Hillside Park where the rink was. They included roller skating for the reunion. They attended annually for four years straight.
The McDowell-Miner Families Reunion were held from 1927 to 1930. They were even featured in the newspaper, Connellsville Daily Courier about the reunions. Sounds like they were pretty big reunions at the park. The newspaper clippings talked about that but nothing mention about the rink itself although the website did show the rink building.
What is odd is that Hillcrest Park is non-existence. Did the park close for good? That is another question rose out of my research. What happened to that park? Did it become a different park name? State park? Good questions. Anyone?
The Interior.
The postcard shown to have Maple Wood with no paint job covering the floor. It had tiny banners on each trusses.
Since it was in Black-and-White, I have no idea what colors they were on the interior (as well as exterior).
The Exterior.
They appeared to be White but I am not sure because the photographs and postcads showed in Black-and-White. Anybody?
It appeared to be Mixed roof with Gable and Skirt.
It does how house-like commercial site. This could date them before 1920s. Maybe 1900s, 10s? Who knows.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Hardwood Maple, non-painted. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: N/A.
Organ: N/A. Likely but unknown.
Organ: N/A.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- Likely before 1927 to N/A.
Hillcrest Roller Rink: Likely before 1927 to N/A.
aka Hillcrest Park Roller Rink: Likely before 1927 to N/A.
Fay West Arena: N/A.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Hillcrest Roller Rink: N/A.
aka Hillcrest Park Roller Rink: N/A.
Fay West Arena: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Also send me any updates such as reopening, sold, name changes, or whatsoever occurred with this rink or any rinks. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© Before you email, please state this rink name AND THE CITY AND STATE (or COUNTRY) so I can know where or what rink you are talking about. Thank you. We welcome both active and defunct rinks.
Sources:
Hippocard - Postcard.
eBay - Postcard.
Reunions - Four years in a row family reunions held at the park and maybe at the rink. The articles never mentioned roller skating but the website showed the skating rink. Did they skated? Perhaps. But point showed the rink was operational before 1927 for sure.
Worth to visit:
None. I do not have exact address and consider of age when this was operating. They are closed, gone. No one knows where.
Date of issue: 06 April 2022.
For office use only: 3.
DISCLAIMER:
International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© (formerly known as Dead-Rinks) and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Dead Rinks is now International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© because many former names have become new names at the same rinks that are still active and due to much confusion, We have decided that International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© fits better for all rinks including defunct, closed, inactive, rebooted, and rinks that are still active today. For short on this site, it is International Roller Skating Rinks History© Bear with us as we change the entire site page by page each day. Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former. Since we are rebooted to allow alive rinks, active rinks, we welcome those active rinks as well. It will be described.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© are not the property of Dead-Rinks therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Disclaimer.
© Copyrighted by International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation©, an International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 16. Deut. 32:7.