Skateland 4231 Henry Bl. N., Stockbridge, GA. Truly Googie architecture only with the drive thru canopy. Butterfly roof style. An attempt to have Googie look at a very minimum. The Butterfly Roof canopy truly showed when it was built. This building was built in 1964. Taken in 2020. Walls were painted from White to Off-White. Source: Google Map.
Skateland 4231 Henry Bl. N., Stockbridge, GA. Truly Googie architecture only with the drive thru canopy. Butterfly roof style. An attempt to have Googie look at a very minimum. The Butterfly Roof canopy truly showed when it was built. This building was built in 1964. Source: Loop Net.
Skateland 4231 Henry Bl. N., Stockbridge, GA. This is currently some sort of mailing sorting company. Source: Google.
Roll - away Rink 4231 Henry Boulevard N., Stockbridge, GA
Skateland 4231 Henry Boulevard N., Stockbridge, GA
Skateland 4231 Henry Boulevard N., Stockbridge, GA
Skateland was at 4231 Henry Bl. N., Stockbridge, GA according to list of rinks directories. So, some of you might say that it was not that location and it would be further down the street. That is the wrong rink. You are thinking of Starlite Skate Center which is addressed at 3710 N Henry Blvd, Stockbridge, GA That is not far.
They may have been a competitor when Skateland was open back in 1973 when William Mcarthur was the owner.
I do not know when they closed but the 10,774 SF building was built in 1964. That would be very small rink. Hey, back then, many rinks were small. Today is somewhat big or average sized.
The building was last sold in 2005 according to Realty Trac. Was that when the rink closed for good? It is possible but not sure.
Now it looks like a print shop or mailing company.
UPDATE! --
I received an email from someone whose parents owned this rink. Here is what he has to say.--
Skateland opened in 1965 as Roll-away Rink by Dot and Bubba Duvall with another partner. The Duvall family sold their interest in 1970 and built Rollarena in Conyers, GA.
That means Roll-away Rink began as a rink followed by Skateland.
Wow, thank you PD for the brief information. I sure do have questions!
After the couple sold the rink, they went on to built Rollarena.
The Interior.
Maple floor roller rink that had the size of 125' x 55' Log Cabin layout which is smaller than NHL size. The Maple floor was built by Tillinghast Enterprises.
The Exterior.
It is a Gable roof All steel walled Commercial Warehouse-like building. It is surrounded by thick forest and on an angle from the road. See map above. It is White. It had that 1950s-60s Googie's look with the Butterfly-canopy but it is an odd one because of the design they put the rain drain pipe in middle then angled but of a weird way. To have a Butterfly canopy, you must have steel truss post in the middle, not on the sides. That is the strict rule of designing a Mid-Century Googie Architecture. Whoever did this screwed it up to have posts on each corner of that butterfly shaped roof or inverted-Gable roof. if they could have designed to have posts in middle, then that was where it supposed to be for the drain to come down that way.
The location of the building felt long from the road pretty far into the woods. They had a long parking lot layout. This hinder the business to have more exposure to the John Q. Public from knowing the rink was there. The other rink --the Starlite in Stockbridge did more successfully because they have greater exposure of their property from the road.
With this building, their attempt to appear 1950s Mid-Century was without any achievements like South Cobb did. No true effort though.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 125' x 55' Floor: Maple. Floor Layout: LOG CABIN.
Floor Contractor: Tillinghast Enterprises
Building Size: 10,774 SF. Built/Renovations: 1964/c. 2005 Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Truss Steel Walled Warehouse Building with Mid-Century Canopy.
Roof: Gable with Butterfly Canopy roof design.
Acres: 1.3900 Acres.
Operated:
Roll - away Rink: 1965 to 1970.
Skateland: Filed on September 12, 1973 to likely October 20, 2005.
Reason for Closure:
Roll - away Rink: Sold interest and moved on.
Skateland: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding photographs both inside and out at the time of the rink was there. Exact dates of opened to close. Why closed? Size of rink and material for the rink?
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Loop Net
Realty Trac
Bizpedia
Mary Jane McArthur - Obiturary
Email
Date of Issue: 2019 Updated: 19 September 2021.
For office Only: 1
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved.
They may have been a competitor when Skateland was open back in 1973 when William Mcarthur was the owner.
I do not know when they closed but the 10,774 SF building was built in 1964. That would be very small rink. Hey, back then, many rinks were small. Today is somewhat big or average sized.
The building was last sold in 2005 according to Realty Trac. Was that when the rink closed for good? It is possible but not sure.
Now it looks like a print shop or mailing company.
UPDATE! --
I received an email from someone whose parents owned this rink. Here is what he has to say.--
Skateland opened in 1965 as Roll-away Rink by Dot and Bubba Duvall with another partner. The Duvall family sold their interest in 1970 and built Rollarena in Conyers, GA.
That means Roll-away Rink began as a rink followed by Skateland.
Wow, thank you PD for the brief information. I sure do have questions!
After the couple sold the rink, they went on to built Rollarena.
The Interior.
Maple floor roller rink that had the size of 125' x 55' Log Cabin layout which is smaller than NHL size. The Maple floor was built by Tillinghast Enterprises.
The Exterior.
It is a Gable roof All steel walled Commercial Warehouse-like building. It is surrounded by thick forest and on an angle from the road. See map above. It is White. It had that 1950s-60s Googie's look with the Butterfly-canopy but it is an odd one because of the design they put the rain drain pipe in middle then angled but of a weird way. To have a Butterfly canopy, you must have steel truss post in the middle, not on the sides. That is the strict rule of designing a Mid-Century Googie Architecture. Whoever did this screwed it up to have posts on each corner of that butterfly shaped roof or inverted-Gable roof. if they could have designed to have posts in middle, then that was where it supposed to be for the drain to come down that way.
The location of the building felt long from the road pretty far into the woods. They had a long parking lot layout. This hinder the business to have more exposure to the John Q. Public from knowing the rink was there. The other rink --the Starlite in Stockbridge did more successfully because they have greater exposure of their property from the road.
With this building, their attempt to appear 1950s Mid-Century was without any achievements like South Cobb did. No true effort though.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 125' x 55' Floor: Maple. Floor Layout: LOG CABIN.
Floor Contractor: Tillinghast Enterprises
Building Size: 10,774 SF. Built/Renovations: 1964/c. 2005 Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Truss Steel Walled Warehouse Building with Mid-Century Canopy.
Roof: Gable with Butterfly Canopy roof design.
Acres: 1.3900 Acres.
Operated:
Roll - away Rink: 1965 to 1970.
Skateland: Filed on September 12, 1973 to likely October 20, 2005.
Reason for Closure:
Roll - away Rink: Sold interest and moved on.
Skateland: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding photographs both inside and out at the time of the rink was there. Exact dates of opened to close. Why closed? Size of rink and material for the rink?
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Loop Net
Realty Trac
Bizpedia
Mary Jane McArthur - Obiturary
Date of Issue: 2019 Updated: 19 September 2021.
For office Only: 1
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved.