Skateland Roller Rink Route 30, Exton, PA. Source: eBay.
Skateland Roller Rink Route 30, Exton, PA. Source: PicClick.
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Exton Roller Rink Route 30, Exton, PA
Skateland Roller Rink Route 30, Exton, PA
Skateland Roller Rink Route 30, Exton, PA
Skateland Roller Rink Route 30, Exton, Pennsylvania was a rink once. Originally was called Exton Roller Rink which was opened by the town's fire department. It was located behind the main fire department. The fire department was West Whiteland.
Before I go on, was those two rink names were the same rink? Reason I said this is because both Exton Roller Rink and Skateland Roller Rink were both on Route 30 in Exton. Is that true? Today Route 30 is a highway.
1953, residents of West Whiteland Township gathered at the West Whiteland School to discuss about forming its own fire department. They had no fire department of their own. They were concerned about the travel time of those neighboring companies to West Whiteland, and the need for a fire department became apparent.
23 November 1953: The court officially decreed the newly formed West Whiteland Fire Department Charter and its incorporation.
Spring of 1954: The fire department purchased land along the north side of route 30, one half mile east of route 1OO (Exton crossroads), for the sum of $1, 000. A three-bay fire house was built with a kitchen and small loft that served as an office and storage. A roller skating rink was constructed on the rear of the fire house in an effort to support the new fire department. In these early days of the fire department, fire hydrants were non-existent in the town. The need for a tank truck became urgent and an addition to the skating rink was built to house the tank truck purchased by the fire department. This remained the home of the West Whiteland Fire Department until November 1973, when a new eight-bay fire house with a banquet facilities, kitchen, member's room and offices was built and dedicated on the fire department’s twentieth anniversary. In 1996 a major construction project was undertaken by the fire department with the addition of an administrative wing at the rear of the existing building, along with two additional bays for apparatus along with renovations of the existing apparatus bay to permit the housing of a 102’ aerial platform.
December 13, 1953 A group of residents of West Whiteland township gathered at the West Whiteland Consolidated School (now Exton Elementary) to discuss the possibilities of forming its own fire department. Until this time, the residents depended upon neighboring fire companies to respond to the township for emergencies. The main concern was the travel time of those neighboring companies to West Whiteland and the need for a fire department became apparent.
23 November 1953: The Court officially decreed the newly formed West Whiteland Fire Department Charter in its corporation.
08 February 1954: An Active Force was organized and a membership drive began.
April 1954: Bonds were issued to pay for construction of a new fire house.
Spring 1954: The Fire Dept. purchased land along the North side of Route 30, one half mile east of Route 100 (Exton crossroads) for $1,000. The land was 100' x 108'. Five additional acres were leased at $1.00 per year per acre.
On this property a 3-bay firehouse was built with a kitchen and small loft that served as an office and storage. A roller skating rink was constructed on the rear of the fire house in an effort to support the new Fire Department.
In these early days of the Department, fire hydrants were non-existent in the township. The need for a tank truck became apparent.
12 July 1954: An addition to the skating rink was built to house the tank truck that was purchased by the Fire Department.
January 1955: Membership approved construction of a Fire House and Roller Rink for $120,000.
December 1955: Dedication, Parade and Housing was held at the new fire house.
January 1956: Exton Roller rink was opened. Five hundred attended the opening night during a snow storm.
March 1958: Heaviest snow storm ever to hit Chester County called the Fire Company into action to perform rescues, deliver food to homes and answer several fire calls. The fire house was used as a Rescue Headquarters and helicopters were landed in the parking lot. (Apparently snowmobiles were just newly started at Polaris Industries in 1954 and Ski-doo was not mass produced lightweight snowmobile until 1969 model year which was months later and maybe they did not have snowmobiles).
February 1973: Old property on Route 30 sold.
November 1973: An 8 bay fire house with a banquet facility, kitchen, member's room and offices was built and dedicated on the fire departments 20th Anniversary. This is the present site at Bartlett and Crest Avenues. This evidently ends the roller rink.
The Interior.
N/A.
The Exterior.
Apparently it was part of the fire department. The rink was built behind the main 3-bay fire station so that the fire fighters can volunteer their time at the rink to raise funds.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Demolished after 1973.
Type of Building: N/A.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: 5.0000 Acres LEASED, 10,800 SF OWNED.
Organ: None.
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: None.
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)-- Spring 1954 to November 1973.
Exton Roller Rink: Spring 1954 to N/A.
Skateland Roller Rink: N/A to November 1973.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Exton Roller Rink: I think reorganized.
Skateland Roller Rink: Newly built fire station and sold the old one that month of November 1973.
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:
West White Fire Department - Yes, they owned the rink!
Date of issue: 13 September 2022.
For office use only: 3.
Worth to visit:
None.
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.
Before I go on, was those two rink names were the same rink? Reason I said this is because both Exton Roller Rink and Skateland Roller Rink were both on Route 30 in Exton. Is that true? Today Route 30 is a highway.
1953, residents of West Whiteland Township gathered at the West Whiteland School to discuss about forming its own fire department. They had no fire department of their own. They were concerned about the travel time of those neighboring companies to West Whiteland, and the need for a fire department became apparent.
23 November 1953: The court officially decreed the newly formed West Whiteland Fire Department Charter and its incorporation.
Spring of 1954: The fire department purchased land along the north side of route 30, one half mile east of route 1OO (Exton crossroads), for the sum of $1, 000. A three-bay fire house was built with a kitchen and small loft that served as an office and storage. A roller skating rink was constructed on the rear of the fire house in an effort to support the new fire department. In these early days of the fire department, fire hydrants were non-existent in the town. The need for a tank truck became urgent and an addition to the skating rink was built to house the tank truck purchased by the fire department. This remained the home of the West Whiteland Fire Department until November 1973, when a new eight-bay fire house with a banquet facilities, kitchen, member's room and offices was built and dedicated on the fire department’s twentieth anniversary. In 1996 a major construction project was undertaken by the fire department with the addition of an administrative wing at the rear of the existing building, along with two additional bays for apparatus along with renovations of the existing apparatus bay to permit the housing of a 102’ aerial platform.
December 13, 1953 A group of residents of West Whiteland township gathered at the West Whiteland Consolidated School (now Exton Elementary) to discuss the possibilities of forming its own fire department. Until this time, the residents depended upon neighboring fire companies to respond to the township for emergencies. The main concern was the travel time of those neighboring companies to West Whiteland and the need for a fire department became apparent.
23 November 1953: The Court officially decreed the newly formed West Whiteland Fire Department Charter in its corporation.
08 February 1954: An Active Force was organized and a membership drive began.
April 1954: Bonds were issued to pay for construction of a new fire house.
Spring 1954: The Fire Dept. purchased land along the North side of Route 30, one half mile east of Route 100 (Exton crossroads) for $1,000. The land was 100' x 108'. Five additional acres were leased at $1.00 per year per acre.
On this property a 3-bay firehouse was built with a kitchen and small loft that served as an office and storage. A roller skating rink was constructed on the rear of the fire house in an effort to support the new Fire Department.
In these early days of the Department, fire hydrants were non-existent in the township. The need for a tank truck became apparent.
12 July 1954: An addition to the skating rink was built to house the tank truck that was purchased by the Fire Department.
January 1955: Membership approved construction of a Fire House and Roller Rink for $120,000.
December 1955: Dedication, Parade and Housing was held at the new fire house.
January 1956: Exton Roller rink was opened. Five hundred attended the opening night during a snow storm.
March 1958: Heaviest snow storm ever to hit Chester County called the Fire Company into action to perform rescues, deliver food to homes and answer several fire calls. The fire house was used as a Rescue Headquarters and helicopters were landed in the parking lot. (Apparently snowmobiles were just newly started at Polaris Industries in 1954 and Ski-doo was not mass produced lightweight snowmobile until 1969 model year which was months later and maybe they did not have snowmobiles).
February 1973: Old property on Route 30 sold.
November 1973: An 8 bay fire house with a banquet facility, kitchen, member's room and offices was built and dedicated on the fire departments 20th Anniversary. This is the present site at Bartlett and Crest Avenues. This evidently ends the roller rink.
The Interior.
N/A.
The Exterior.
Apparently it was part of the fire department. The rink was built behind the main 3-bay fire station so that the fire fighters can volunteer their time at the rink to raise funds.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Demolished after 1973.
Type of Building: N/A.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: 5.0000 Acres LEASED, 10,800 SF OWNED.
Organ: None.
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: None.
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)-- Spring 1954 to November 1973.
Exton Roller Rink: Spring 1954 to N/A.
Skateland Roller Rink: N/A to November 1973.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Exton Roller Rink: I think reorganized.
Skateland Roller Rink: Newly built fire station and sold the old one that month of November 1973.
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:
West White Fire Department - Yes, they owned the rink!
Date of issue: 13 September 2022.
For office use only: 3.
Worth to visit:
None.
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.