Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. Race track appearance at the time in 1953. Source: USGS.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. 1963 USGS photo showed the newly built roller rink that was built in 1962. Was that covered building where the swimming pool was? It looked that way in this picture. Source: USGS.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. 1971 USGS photo showed the roller rink that was built in 1962. Third building built, parallel to the Olympic sized swimming pool. Source: USGS.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. 1980 USGS photo showed the roller rink that was built in 1962. You can see swimming pools in this color photograph better than any above. Parking lot repaved. Davidson Drive was non-exist. Source: USGS.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. 1983 USGS photo showed the roller rink that was built in 1962. New road path connecting to fields south of the swimming pools. It became Davidson Drive around that time. Swimming pools drained in this photo. Source: USGS.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. Nice paved road called Davison Drive, but this photo taken around 2018, it was no longer roller rink but a BINGO hall called Davidson Hall. Apparently it was named after perhaps the operator of the rink and swimming pools? Anyone? That building next to the swimming pool was clearly demolished some time ago. Now it is the new YMCA Community Center. Source: Google.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. Taken in 2012. It was hard to see the front in this bleached photo from Google. The twin sister building cross the street has much better view of what the exterior wall was like. Very similar and beautiful pattern. See next photo. Source: Google.
This was cross the street from the former rink. Noticed the architecture feature on the building. It was built in 1962 but had 1930s Stepped Gable wall with 1950s Mid-Century pattern on the wall. It was a good mixture. I believed that both building were built at same time having one for a recreational purpose and another a different recreational because this section was ON the park called Huber Park. What was it originally? Source: Google.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. Taken in 2019. Beautiful architecture gone. It was the YMCA taking over to become a Community Center--that is a fitness and recreation center. Source: Google.
YMCA 7227 East Main St. E., Reynoldsburg, OH. Taken in 2018. The new YMCA taking over to become a Community Center--that is a fitness and recreation center. Drone photograph looking south. The rink building would be off of the photograph just below the picture above. Source: Town of Reynoldsburg Auditor Office.
Skate Town 7227 East Main St., Reynoldsburg, OH
There was once a rink called Skate Town long before the new YMCA Complex Center but also before the Davidson Hall was at 7227 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. I could not get much information but thanks to maps, it shows history.
The USGS maps showed in 1953, the earliest it had was a race track. Looked too narrow to be automotive type of race track, It appeared to be a track of some sort. Too big to be a running track you would find at any high school, college, or professional track. It did not show any kind of ball field. No goal posts, no outlines of yardage or center lines and borders of the field. None of that. Was it a race track for bicycles? This is really interesting mystery.
But 10 years later, USGS showed major changes. They seemly got rid of the track and added a gabled building that I believed was the roller rink and two thingy with a small main building connecting to it. Later photos showed it was two swimming pools. One perhaps for a lap pool and other family friendly pool. It was in a very park like setting. The nearby development to the west of the park-like place was a new home development with all cookie cutter MC style but 1960s built Brick walled Hip roof Ranch homes. The parking lot remained the same. The roller rink building was biult in 1962 as a Stepped Walled Gable Cinderblock-walled Warehouse like building.
But in 1965, they had a new entrance. a straighter street size width to go into the parking lot to go skating or swimming. There were two small houses on the Main Street. They also added a new smaller building next to the main Olympic size swimming pool by the 1971 photo. It was slightly smaller than their main building close to the Main Street.
By 1980, the parking lot was already reshaped splitting from that next door area that was once a huge parking space. It was narrower right up to the property's parking lot.
However, by 1983, they were making such a mess with many paths, roads and what was more and making their driveway longer passing the building that was parallel to the Olympic style swimming pool. It was slowly becoming Davidson Drive. It went beyond that building and a row of trees to another field. I could not make out what was it in 1983 Black and White photo. Bit of grainy. Later on in Google Map, it showed much further south was four egg shaped baseball fields. Really egg shaped! See photos.
1994 came around, the path became official, the Davidson Drive. But the address was still the same from East Main Street. However, that building next to the pool was demolished. I do not know what was it there.
The rink was connected to the swimming recreation center and the baseball-softball fields.
Then they closed the rink sometimes I do not know when. Anybody know more about this place, please let me know.
Finally by 2017, they slowly removed things and threw in the dumpster as seen in Google Map and removed this tower by the pool. By 2019, already fast built a new Googie-style Modern recreation center, the new YMCA Center. Maybe the swimming pool is still there but rebuilt pool walls and floor as the entire complex was built. Swimmers now then can swim in the wintertime after all in Southern Ohio!
The rink was on the property where Huber Park is.
UPDATE! -- 30 June 2022.
I got an email from someone who went skating there and his mother knows more (that part information is coming)...
I’ve lived in Reynoldsburg my entire life. I’m 29. Was looking for old pictures of Reynoldsburg swimming pool. The roller rink is where my mom used to go to hang out as a teenager. Not sure of exact dates. I know from as far back as I could remember that was turned into a bingo hall. An arson caught the swimming pool buildings on fire in 2015. From then on the pool never opened back up. YMCA was built. If I get more info about the rink I’ll let you know. I’ll talk to my mom about it. But I’m pretty sure it closed down before 97 because from kindergarten-5th grade we had skate rink party’s and would have to drive all the way to Columbus to a rink called. United skates of America.
Thank you Brian for the information. The swimming pool buildings fire really ended the pool business. That is sad.
The Interior.
The floor was non-painted Clear Coated Maple that was preserved after the building was met with the wrecking ball in February 2018. The town leaders preserved the old Maple wood floor.
It appeared to be small rink.
The Exterior.
I do not know what the original color was built pretty much in 2000s and 2010s according to Google, it was Snow-White color with Cooper Green or Lincoln Log Green Aluminum roofing. It was replaced in 2015. Likely it was for repairs for preparation for the complex to be up for sale. Instead the City of Reynoldsburg, Ohio and the YMCA purchased instead and it was demolished.
The rink also had 2 swimming pools, outdoors with the clubhouse and one time, another building almost the same size as the former roller rink. And further south behind was some kind of field and 4 egg shaped softball field diamonds.
Today as the YMCA complex, it is very modern Googie style complex with much curves and one part actually appeared to be a wave, not a curve. Wave roofline. They enclosured where the old outdoor Olympic swimming pool was.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-painted Clear Coated Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built/Renovations: N/A. Demolished: February 2018 to make way for new YMCA complex.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks- Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Stepped Gable Roof.
Acres: N/A. (Appeared to be very large in about 10 to 25 Acres.
Pool: 2
Baseball/Softball Fields: 4 Softballs.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1962 to before 1997.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
(swimming pool complex burned and never rebuilt and never reopened.)
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. You can also use this form.
Sources:
This Week Community News - Roller Rink Floorboards will be Repurposed, By Pamela Willis, Apr 16, 2018.
This Week Community News - PDF version.
Email - Brian (30 June 2022.)
Date of issue: 18 October 2021.
Update: 30 June 2022.
For office use only: 10.
Worth to visit:
None.
DISCLAIMER:
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.
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.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
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The USGS maps showed in 1953, the earliest it had was a race track. Looked too narrow to be automotive type of race track, It appeared to be a track of some sort. Too big to be a running track you would find at any high school, college, or professional track. It did not show any kind of ball field. No goal posts, no outlines of yardage or center lines and borders of the field. None of that. Was it a race track for bicycles? This is really interesting mystery.
But 10 years later, USGS showed major changes. They seemly got rid of the track and added a gabled building that I believed was the roller rink and two thingy with a small main building connecting to it. Later photos showed it was two swimming pools. One perhaps for a lap pool and other family friendly pool. It was in a very park like setting. The nearby development to the west of the park-like place was a new home development with all cookie cutter MC style but 1960s built Brick walled Hip roof Ranch homes. The parking lot remained the same. The roller rink building was biult in 1962 as a Stepped Walled Gable Cinderblock-walled Warehouse like building.
But in 1965, they had a new entrance. a straighter street size width to go into the parking lot to go skating or swimming. There were two small houses on the Main Street. They also added a new smaller building next to the main Olympic size swimming pool by the 1971 photo. It was slightly smaller than their main building close to the Main Street.
By 1980, the parking lot was already reshaped splitting from that next door area that was once a huge parking space. It was narrower right up to the property's parking lot.
However, by 1983, they were making such a mess with many paths, roads and what was more and making their driveway longer passing the building that was parallel to the Olympic style swimming pool. It was slowly becoming Davidson Drive. It went beyond that building and a row of trees to another field. I could not make out what was it in 1983 Black and White photo. Bit of grainy. Later on in Google Map, it showed much further south was four egg shaped baseball fields. Really egg shaped! See photos.
1994 came around, the path became official, the Davidson Drive. But the address was still the same from East Main Street. However, that building next to the pool was demolished. I do not know what was it there.
The rink was connected to the swimming recreation center and the baseball-softball fields.
Then they closed the rink sometimes I do not know when. Anybody know more about this place, please let me know.
Finally by 2017, they slowly removed things and threw in the dumpster as seen in Google Map and removed this tower by the pool. By 2019, already fast built a new Googie-style Modern recreation center, the new YMCA Center. Maybe the swimming pool is still there but rebuilt pool walls and floor as the entire complex was built. Swimmers now then can swim in the wintertime after all in Southern Ohio!
The rink was on the property where Huber Park is.
UPDATE! -- 30 June 2022.
I got an email from someone who went skating there and his mother knows more (that part information is coming)...
I’ve lived in Reynoldsburg my entire life. I’m 29. Was looking for old pictures of Reynoldsburg swimming pool. The roller rink is where my mom used to go to hang out as a teenager. Not sure of exact dates. I know from as far back as I could remember that was turned into a bingo hall. An arson caught the swimming pool buildings on fire in 2015. From then on the pool never opened back up. YMCA was built. If I get more info about the rink I’ll let you know. I’ll talk to my mom about it. But I’m pretty sure it closed down before 97 because from kindergarten-5th grade we had skate rink party’s and would have to drive all the way to Columbus to a rink called. United skates of America.
Thank you Brian for the information. The swimming pool buildings fire really ended the pool business. That is sad.
The Interior.
The floor was non-painted Clear Coated Maple that was preserved after the building was met with the wrecking ball in February 2018. The town leaders preserved the old Maple wood floor.
It appeared to be small rink.
The Exterior.
I do not know what the original color was built pretty much in 2000s and 2010s according to Google, it was Snow-White color with Cooper Green or Lincoln Log Green Aluminum roofing. It was replaced in 2015. Likely it was for repairs for preparation for the complex to be up for sale. Instead the City of Reynoldsburg, Ohio and the YMCA purchased instead and it was demolished.
The rink also had 2 swimming pools, outdoors with the clubhouse and one time, another building almost the same size as the former roller rink. And further south behind was some kind of field and 4 egg shaped softball field diamonds.
Today as the YMCA complex, it is very modern Googie style complex with much curves and one part actually appeared to be a wave, not a curve. Wave roofline. They enclosured where the old outdoor Olympic swimming pool was.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-painted Clear Coated Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built/Renovations: N/A. Demolished: February 2018 to make way for new YMCA complex.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks- Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Stepped Gable Roof.
Acres: N/A. (Appeared to be very large in about 10 to 25 Acres.
Pool: 2
Baseball/Softball Fields: 4 Softballs.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1962 to before 1997.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
(swimming pool complex burned and never rebuilt and never reopened.)
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. You can also use this form.
Sources:
This Week Community News - Roller Rink Floorboards will be Repurposed, By Pamela Willis, Apr 16, 2018.
This Week Community News - PDF version.
Email - Brian (30 June 2022.)
Date of issue: 18 October 2021.
Update: 30 June 2022.
For office use only: 10.
Worth to visit:
None.
DISCLAIMER:
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.
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.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved becomes property of Dead-Rinks 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: Dead-Rinks List.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 16. Deut. 32:7.