Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: Facebook - Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society (will only works if you open your Facebook)
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Postcard. Source: Cashcow.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Taken in 2013. Source: Google.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: Google.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Left: An auction on Saturday 04 December 1954. Source: The Evening Sun - Saturday, 27 November 1954.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Right: Paid public announcement advertisement. Source: The Gettysburg Times - Monday, 20 May 1957. (likely full page).
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Right: Paid public announcement advertisement. Source: The Gettysburg Times - Monday, 20 May 1957. (likely full page).
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times - Saturday, 26 February 1955.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times - Monday, 31 August 1959.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times - Wednesday 09 July 1969.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Ah, a sweepstakes! This was not the only rink that had the contest. A few other rinks had the same contest. I am curious, who won the K-Car? That was the grand prize. The reason I asked was you know, you have to pay income tax on prizes like that and poor kid think he can have it may had to sell it to pay to the IRS the taxes on his income. I hope he did turn it down like a 13 years old won a car in a different contest in Syracuse, NY and she turned right back the keys to the organization and reject the prize. Smart move. This is why I am pretty much against contests, sweepstakes, and lottery for this very purposes. Source: The Gettysburg Times - Tuesday, 02 March 1982.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times -Wednesday, 26 September 1984.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times -Wednesday, 21 September 1989.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times - 1982.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times -Thursday, 30 May 1996.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times -Saturday, 28 September 1996.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times -Wednesday, 18 February 1998.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. Source: The Gettysburg Times -Wednesday. 10 February 1999.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. C. late 1980s/early 1990s. Source: Facebook - Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society (will only works if you open your Facebook). © Copyrighted Digitally Remastered by International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation©, an International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group. Photo on the bottom was cut off, searched for font type, found closest to the font, and repaired.
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA. C. late 1980s/early 1990s. Source: Facebook - Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society (will only works if you open your Facebook)
Mary Jane Tea Room 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA
Mary Jane Inn 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA
Mary Jane Inn 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Rd, York Springs, PA
Mary Jane Roller Rink 6924 Old Harrisburg Road, York Springs, Pennsylvania was a very interesting rink because of its architecture on the exterior. It does look like a farmhouse attached to a big warehouse in the rear making it very unusual and unique design. It does not match but what works for them, it worked.
Mary Jane was an Inn back then. Mary Jane Inn. Here is the timeline to make it easier for you to follow through the years:
Mary Jane Inn Timeline:
1924 - W.R. Wengert opened the Mary Jane Tea Room which was named for his wife.
1945 - Poor health forced the Mary Jane Inn to be sold to John M. Plasterer and his wife.
Early March 1948 - Television was introduced at the Mary Jane Inn. 120 feet antennia erected behind the Inn.
1953 - John M. Plasterer sold the Mary Jane Inn to Ernie Hollabaugh.
1959 - Ernie Hollabaugh built new addition to the Inn for the Mary Jane Roller Rink. Hence that appearance of two entirely different looks.
1996 - Put up for sale.
1999 - Ernie Hollabaugh finally sold the rink.
2002 - Ernie Hollabaugh passed away.
The Gettysburg Compiler - 07 April 1923 stated W.R. Wengert (also spelled as Wingert) planned to built at his grove of trees along the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Road for a tea room. The Mary Jane Tea Room, which was named after his wife, opened up that summer but the following summer, W.R. Wengert had added a dance pavilion and lodging house. For the first few years, the business was only open during the warm seasons -- spring and summer. In the late 1920's, the Mary Jane Inn was serving meals including chicken and waffles daily from 11 am to 8 pm as a restaurant instead of Tea Room. The Mary Jane Inn was a popular spot for card parties, concerts, dances, and wedding receptions.
Due to W.R.'s health, the Mary Jane Inn was sold to John M. Plasterer and his wife in 1945 who continued the fine tradition of serving the famous chicken dinners and waffle breakfasts
In early March 1948, the Plasterers introduced the latest technology to the area when they installed a television set at the Inn and operated it every evening for the enjoyment of their guests. As reported in the News-Comet, the set was assembled and erected by a Bethlehem company including a steel tower antenna of 120 feet on the high ground behind the Inn. The television set's tube was the largest made at the time, which allowed for a 15-inch screen. (to compare size, it is your laptop screen size but squarer). The installation cost them was over $2,000.
The Plasterers sold the Mary Jane Inn to Ernie Hollabaugh in 1953 and then in 1959, Ernie Hollabaugh built new addition to the Inn to become the Mary Jane Roller Rink. The rink was operational for 40 years but in 1996, it was put up for sale and finally Ernie was able to sell the rink. Ernie passed away just merely 3 years later in 2002.
The building was last sold on 18 September 2008.
I do not know what it became of after Ernie sold it in 1999 and then what became of after it was sold in September 2008. Google map and search failed to appear what it became of. No business sign is found and only Google showed in 2012 a Zumba class was there (in those early 2010s, many roller rinks had Zumba classes but many stopped that class for some reason. Was it a fad at the time?)
The Interior.
Mary Jane Tea Room: Back then, not much photography was used. It was said to be a tea room. Must be it was made as a teahouse. Like a coffee house. Not like your favorite coffee house. It was more for social activity, a forum where people can come in and talk about issues of the day as they can drink tea and I am sure coffee as well. Snacks, cookies, desserts. That sort. It was very homely feel since it was a barn-house style with long porch. Wallpapers, paints of many different soft relaxing colors were used. Very simple with kitchen designed for making tea and snacks, cookies, desserts. And other rooms were served with couches, armchairs, coffee tables, and dinning tables as well.
Mary Jane Inn: It became a restaurant serving Waffles for breakfasts and Chicken for dinners. A simple home-meal restaurant. I am sure second floor served as a private residency for innkeepers. Likely updated a few times as periods went by. They had in the rear a big banquet hall which later became roller rink. The hall was pretty much well natural lit with large picture windows with trims. Long tables and chairs. Maple wood floor was used. The same was used as a roller rink.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: Converted to a roller rink. Expanded the banquet hall into a rink with more space to skate. Windows were removed and covered with Cinderblocks and entire area behind was all blocks. Flatted roof. More Maple wood lay on the floor for roller rink.
Color(s) of the wall and trims are unknown for any of the periods.
The Exterior.
Mary Jane Tea Room: Originally like a house. A large barn-house with the long porch in front facing the road. It is two story. The upstairs might have been the private resident of the innkeepers. The main focus was on the ground floor for tea room. The parking lot was all stones. Not paved but I believed that very start, it was all ground and mud if rained.
Mary Jane Inn: Same but they expanded to include banquet hall in the rear. Smaller and perhaps same length as the house. Alot of windows to make it more like a sunroom for the banquet hall.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: Expanded to become roller rink, the Cinderblocks built Flatted Roof section was built.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 60' X 130'. Floor: Non-Painted, Clear, Polyurethane, Maple. Floor Layout: Straight.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1924 (Tea house), Late 1920s (banquet hall addition), 1959 (roller rink addition).
Renovations: Likely a few times, 1959 to add rink, updated few times between 1959 and closure in 1999. Demolished: Still standing!
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel (main rink) and Stick build, Cinderblocks and Aluminum Siding - Walled Farm House and Warehouse - like Building. A strange mix.
Roof: Gabled and Flatted.
Acres: 3.2000 AC.
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. Although they may have had rooms as it may have been a Bed and Breakfast Inn. Not sure.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Apartment/housing upstairs.
Operated: (Overall)-- 01 September 1959 - 1999 (exactly 40 years).
Mary Jane Tea Room: 1924 to Late1920s.
Mary Jane Inn: Late 1920s to 31 August 1959.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: 01 September 1959 - 1999
Reason for Closure:
Mary Jane Tea Room: Renamed as Mary Jane Inn.
Mary Jane Inn: Dry vote* forced owner to change to rink.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: Likely health or retirement.
* A dry vote means the town voted against serving alcohol and was banned from the township forcing Mary Jane Inn and other bars in the same township to cancel out licenses and not serve alcohol beverages anymore. I do not know about now but in 1959 they voted dry instead of wet vote. Ernest had to improvise and convert the inn into a rink and it was operational for 40 years!
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:
Zillow - Property records.
Facebook - Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society (will only works if you open your Facebook)
Yelp - Reported to be closed.
Date of issue: 21 September 2022.
For office use only: 19.
Worth to visit:
None. You can only see the exterior, not the interior.
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 International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group and/or International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© 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.
Mary Jane was an Inn back then. Mary Jane Inn. Here is the timeline to make it easier for you to follow through the years:
Mary Jane Inn Timeline:
1924 - W.R. Wengert opened the Mary Jane Tea Room which was named for his wife.
1945 - Poor health forced the Mary Jane Inn to be sold to John M. Plasterer and his wife.
Early March 1948 - Television was introduced at the Mary Jane Inn. 120 feet antennia erected behind the Inn.
1953 - John M. Plasterer sold the Mary Jane Inn to Ernie Hollabaugh.
1959 - Ernie Hollabaugh built new addition to the Inn for the Mary Jane Roller Rink. Hence that appearance of two entirely different looks.
1996 - Put up for sale.
1999 - Ernie Hollabaugh finally sold the rink.
2002 - Ernie Hollabaugh passed away.
The Gettysburg Compiler - 07 April 1923 stated W.R. Wengert (also spelled as Wingert) planned to built at his grove of trees along the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Road for a tea room. The Mary Jane Tea Room, which was named after his wife, opened up that summer but the following summer, W.R. Wengert had added a dance pavilion and lodging house. For the first few years, the business was only open during the warm seasons -- spring and summer. In the late 1920's, the Mary Jane Inn was serving meals including chicken and waffles daily from 11 am to 8 pm as a restaurant instead of Tea Room. The Mary Jane Inn was a popular spot for card parties, concerts, dances, and wedding receptions.
Due to W.R.'s health, the Mary Jane Inn was sold to John M. Plasterer and his wife in 1945 who continued the fine tradition of serving the famous chicken dinners and waffle breakfasts
In early March 1948, the Plasterers introduced the latest technology to the area when they installed a television set at the Inn and operated it every evening for the enjoyment of their guests. As reported in the News-Comet, the set was assembled and erected by a Bethlehem company including a steel tower antenna of 120 feet on the high ground behind the Inn. The television set's tube was the largest made at the time, which allowed for a 15-inch screen. (to compare size, it is your laptop screen size but squarer). The installation cost them was over $2,000.
The Plasterers sold the Mary Jane Inn to Ernie Hollabaugh in 1953 and then in 1959, Ernie Hollabaugh built new addition to the Inn to become the Mary Jane Roller Rink. The rink was operational for 40 years but in 1996, it was put up for sale and finally Ernie was able to sell the rink. Ernie passed away just merely 3 years later in 2002.
The building was last sold on 18 September 2008.
I do not know what it became of after Ernie sold it in 1999 and then what became of after it was sold in September 2008. Google map and search failed to appear what it became of. No business sign is found and only Google showed in 2012 a Zumba class was there (in those early 2010s, many roller rinks had Zumba classes but many stopped that class for some reason. Was it a fad at the time?)
The Interior.
Mary Jane Tea Room: Back then, not much photography was used. It was said to be a tea room. Must be it was made as a teahouse. Like a coffee house. Not like your favorite coffee house. It was more for social activity, a forum where people can come in and talk about issues of the day as they can drink tea and I am sure coffee as well. Snacks, cookies, desserts. That sort. It was very homely feel since it was a barn-house style with long porch. Wallpapers, paints of many different soft relaxing colors were used. Very simple with kitchen designed for making tea and snacks, cookies, desserts. And other rooms were served with couches, armchairs, coffee tables, and dinning tables as well.
Mary Jane Inn: It became a restaurant serving Waffles for breakfasts and Chicken for dinners. A simple home-meal restaurant. I am sure second floor served as a private residency for innkeepers. Likely updated a few times as periods went by. They had in the rear a big banquet hall which later became roller rink. The hall was pretty much well natural lit with large picture windows with trims. Long tables and chairs. Maple wood floor was used. The same was used as a roller rink.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: Converted to a roller rink. Expanded the banquet hall into a rink with more space to skate. Windows were removed and covered with Cinderblocks and entire area behind was all blocks. Flatted roof. More Maple wood lay on the floor for roller rink.
Color(s) of the wall and trims are unknown for any of the periods.
The Exterior.
Mary Jane Tea Room: Originally like a house. A large barn-house with the long porch in front facing the road. It is two story. The upstairs might have been the private resident of the innkeepers. The main focus was on the ground floor for tea room. The parking lot was all stones. Not paved but I believed that very start, it was all ground and mud if rained.
Mary Jane Inn: Same but they expanded to include banquet hall in the rear. Smaller and perhaps same length as the house. Alot of windows to make it more like a sunroom for the banquet hall.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: Expanded to become roller rink, the Cinderblocks built Flatted Roof section was built.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 60' X 130'. Floor: Non-Painted, Clear, Polyurethane, Maple. Floor Layout: Straight.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1924 (Tea house), Late 1920s (banquet hall addition), 1959 (roller rink addition).
Renovations: Likely a few times, 1959 to add rink, updated few times between 1959 and closure in 1999. Demolished: Still standing!
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel (main rink) and Stick build, Cinderblocks and Aluminum Siding - Walled Farm House and Warehouse - like Building. A strange mix.
Roof: Gabled and Flatted.
Acres: 3.2000 AC.
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. Although they may have had rooms as it may have been a Bed and Breakfast Inn. Not sure.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Apartment/housing upstairs.
Operated: (Overall)-- 01 September 1959 - 1999 (exactly 40 years).
Mary Jane Tea Room: 1924 to Late1920s.
Mary Jane Inn: Late 1920s to 31 August 1959.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: 01 September 1959 - 1999
Reason for Closure:
Mary Jane Tea Room: Renamed as Mary Jane Inn.
Mary Jane Inn: Dry vote* forced owner to change to rink.
Mary Jane Roller Rink: Likely health or retirement.
* A dry vote means the town voted against serving alcohol and was banned from the township forcing Mary Jane Inn and other bars in the same township to cancel out licenses and not serve alcohol beverages anymore. I do not know about now but in 1959 they voted dry instead of wet vote. Ernest had to improvise and convert the inn into a rink and it was operational for 40 years!
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:
Zillow - Property records.
Facebook - Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society (will only works if you open your Facebook)
Yelp - Reported to be closed.
Date of issue: 21 September 2022.
For office use only: 19.
Worth to visit:
None. You can only see the exterior, not the interior.
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 International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group and/or International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© 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.