Sixth Street Rink 108-116 Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH. Shown today without the building. It was demolished to make way for a restaurant and a store. And next door after that, the American Theater was also demolished. Now a parking lot. Courtesy of Google Maps.
Sixth Street Rink 108-116 Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
Grand Opera House 108-116 Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
Grand Opera House 108-116 Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
Sixth Street Rink 108-116 Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH. According to East Liverpool Historical Society, this is only one mentioned online about this rink in this town they are from. They said to be one of three but not sure that it was located on Sixth Street. Yes, three rinks on same street. Might be one was a rebooted or all three were at different locations on the same street. Kind of like having a fast food restaurant on the same street but they closed it twenty years ago and rebuilt a new one last year on same street but next block in DeWitt, NY. Well, this occurrence happens a few times for a few businesses. There are a lot of information related to the opera on the East Liverpool Historical Society.
The building looked massive in photos seen in the historical society's website. You cannot find in any other online. Only theirs. Well, anyway, it was 79 Feet by 92 Feet. They are SMALL! But it does look bigger than what the measurement say. So, the roller rink was small.
To give you idea of what the opera auditorium was like, it held 1200 patrons seating in upholstered style with 30 Feet by 70 Feet theater stage. This means the width of the stage is almost wall to wall. The 92 feet long from front door/wall to back wall. That is small theater. If you are familiar with say, a NHL rink floor of 85 Feet wide by 200 Feet. You know the width is almost the same as this opera theater had. Now, compare to length. Hockey had it twice longer. If they did convert the theater to a rink, Likely the length would be 70 Feet to give 22 Feet of space by 92 Feet wide for skate rentals, snack bar, coat room, and stairs to upper floor for offices, repairs, and storage and likely non-skating patrons to watch skaters.
It was Grand Opera House located originally before it was converted to a roller rink in 1905.
They closed around 1910s but there are no information. Several businesses came and went. At one time, it became an army and navy surplus store.
It became two buildings with just one floor and the former American Theater that faced a fire was renovated after that fire in mid-20th Century and it also was demolished to make way for a parking lot.
Photos of the building would be appreicated.
The Interior.
For sure it was wooden floor. Maybe floation because of the steep floor originally designed for the opera theater. The rest may have been left as it was for the balcony and the decor on the walls that showed it was a theater during the roller rink operations.
The Exterior.
It was unchanged throughout many years from 1893 to its demise in the 1970s. It was three story building with Gabled roof and dormers. Deep Red Brick or stone wall. Likely third floor was offices for the theater and changing rooms. It was a good built even withstand the heat from the American Theater fire in 1950s right next door. The demolish really ruined the test of aging. Or did it start to fall apart? Demolished to make way for 2 storefronts one story buildings. The former American Theater which was three story also burned in the fire so they had to remove the top two stories due to fire and water damages and renovated the first floor. But that theater demolished too.
A photo would be appreciated for this website.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 30 Feet by 70 Feet (roughly estimated) Floor: Wood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 79 feet by 92 feet (7,268 SQ per floor roughly due to opera) Built: 1896. Renovations: 1905 (to rink). Demolished: 1970s. Demolished to make way for two new building and parking lot for the former New American Theater next door.
Type of Building: Steel Trusses Bricks or Blocks - Walled City multi-story office-like Building.
Roof: Gabled with dormers..
Acres: 7,268 Square Feet.
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: Maybe.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Air Hockey Tables: N/A.
Foosball Table: N/A.
Basketball Speed: 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: Possible.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Theater (movie/stage): Was Grand Opera House.
--Seating: 1,200; Upholstered seats.
Dance Center: None.
Picnic Grove: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1905 to N/A.
Grand Opera House: 28 August 1893 to 1905.
Unknown Rink name: 1905 to N/A. (Humble opinion: might have closed in 1910s due to many new entertainment activities everyone followed through such as movie theaters and automobiles (quick fads of those days).
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Grand Opera House: Decided to convert to roller rink.
Unknown Rink name: Likely Fad which ended the rink.
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 Rink-History©. 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:
East Liverpool Historical Society - Grand Opera House page.
East Liverpool Historial Society - The 5 rinks.
History of Columbiana County And Representative Citizens. Edited and Compiled by William B. McCord , Biographical Publishing Co. Chicago, Illinois (1905) p582. (book)
The New York Dramatic Mirror - 21 October 1893, Page 17, 2nd column.
Date of issue: 05 July 2023.
Updated:
For office use only: 1.
Worth to visit:
None. Demolished in c.1970s.
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 17. Deut. 32:7.
The building looked massive in photos seen in the historical society's website. You cannot find in any other online. Only theirs. Well, anyway, it was 79 Feet by 92 Feet. They are SMALL! But it does look bigger than what the measurement say. So, the roller rink was small.
To give you idea of what the opera auditorium was like, it held 1200 patrons seating in upholstered style with 30 Feet by 70 Feet theater stage. This means the width of the stage is almost wall to wall. The 92 feet long from front door/wall to back wall. That is small theater. If you are familiar with say, a NHL rink floor of 85 Feet wide by 200 Feet. You know the width is almost the same as this opera theater had. Now, compare to length. Hockey had it twice longer. If they did convert the theater to a rink, Likely the length would be 70 Feet to give 22 Feet of space by 92 Feet wide for skate rentals, snack bar, coat room, and stairs to upper floor for offices, repairs, and storage and likely non-skating patrons to watch skaters.
It was Grand Opera House located originally before it was converted to a roller rink in 1905.
They closed around 1910s but there are no information. Several businesses came and went. At one time, it became an army and navy surplus store.
It became two buildings with just one floor and the former American Theater that faced a fire was renovated after that fire in mid-20th Century and it also was demolished to make way for a parking lot.
Photos of the building would be appreicated.
The Interior.
For sure it was wooden floor. Maybe floation because of the steep floor originally designed for the opera theater. The rest may have been left as it was for the balcony and the decor on the walls that showed it was a theater during the roller rink operations.
The Exterior.
It was unchanged throughout many years from 1893 to its demise in the 1970s. It was three story building with Gabled roof and dormers. Deep Red Brick or stone wall. Likely third floor was offices for the theater and changing rooms. It was a good built even withstand the heat from the American Theater fire in 1950s right next door. The demolish really ruined the test of aging. Or did it start to fall apart? Demolished to make way for 2 storefronts one story buildings. The former American Theater which was three story also burned in the fire so they had to remove the top two stories due to fire and water damages and renovated the first floor. But that theater demolished too.
A photo would be appreciated for this website.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 30 Feet by 70 Feet (roughly estimated) Floor: Wood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 79 feet by 92 feet (7,268 SQ per floor roughly due to opera) Built: 1896. Renovations: 1905 (to rink). Demolished: 1970s. Demolished to make way for two new building and parking lot for the former New American Theater next door.
Type of Building: Steel Trusses Bricks or Blocks - Walled City multi-story office-like Building.
Roof: Gabled with dormers..
Acres: 7,268 Square Feet.
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: Maybe.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Air Hockey Tables: N/A.
Foosball Table: N/A.
Basketball Speed: 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: Possible.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Theater (movie/stage): Was Grand Opera House.
--Seating: 1,200; Upholstered seats.
Dance Center: None.
Picnic Grove: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1905 to N/A.
Grand Opera House: 28 August 1893 to 1905.
Unknown Rink name: 1905 to N/A. (Humble opinion: might have closed in 1910s due to many new entertainment activities everyone followed through such as movie theaters and automobiles (quick fads of those days).
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Grand Opera House: Decided to convert to roller rink.
Unknown Rink name: Likely Fad which ended the rink.
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 Rink-History©. 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:
East Liverpool Historical Society - Grand Opera House page.
East Liverpool Historial Society - The 5 rinks.
History of Columbiana County And Representative Citizens. Edited and Compiled by William B. McCord , Biographical Publishing Co. Chicago, Illinois (1905) p582. (book)
The New York Dramatic Mirror - 21 October 1893, Page 17, 2nd column.
Date of issue: 05 July 2023.
Updated:
For office use only: 1.
Worth to visit:
None. Demolished in c.1970s.
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 17. Deut. 32:7.