Steiner's Roller RInk Ellsworth Park, 213 Third Ave, Scottdale, PA. The Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, a War Hero and Colonel of the Union Army whom the Ellsworth Park was named after. He was first Union soldier killed at the dawn of the Civil War. His real good friend was President A. Lincoln who also was killed but at the evening of the American Civil War. Both the beginning and the end. The Colonel was a student of Law under then Abraham Lincoln. And was involved in campaign for Lincoln's Presidency. Source: Scottsdale Historical Society.
Steiner's Roller RInk Ellsworth Park, 213 Third Ave, Scottdale, PA. An early photograph taken of the convention for Women's Christian Temperance Union at the Ellisworth Auditorium. You can see the Concert Grand Piano. In fact the brand name is on the piano. Looks like Stuart & Sons but it looks and spells slightly different. But it was not Stuart because that brand entered the market only since 1990s. Anyone know about this? Source: Scottsdale Historical Society.
Steiner's Roller RInk Ellsworth Park, 213 Third Ave, Scottdale, PA. Many people at the park and the roller rink building was seen in this photo on the right. It was then a dance hall pavilion when the photo was taken. C. 1930. Source: Scottsdale Historical Society.
Steiner's Roller RInk Ellsworth Park, 213 Third Ave, Scottdale, PA. Winners of skate-a-thon in June 1965 Wayne Hodge and Dennis Beran; friends and neighbors ( both lived on Fourth Ave.) were the last two skaters. In the spirit of good sportsmanship they stopped skating at the same time; 36 hours, or 180 miles.
There were only hourly breaks of five minutes during the contest. The second image shows Bill Steiner (center) presenting trophies to the winners. Source: Scottsdale Historical Society.
There were only hourly breaks of five minutes during the contest. The second image shows Bill Steiner (center) presenting trophies to the winners. Source: Scottsdale Historical Society.
Steiner's Roller RInk Ellsworth Park, 213 Third Ave, Scottdale, PA. Business card in the 1970s. Source: Scottsdale Historical Society.
Steiner's Roller RInk Ellsworth Park, 213 Third Ave, Scottdale, PA. Source: The Daily Courier - 08 September 1972.
Steiner's Roller RInk Ellsworth Park, 213 Third Ave, Scottdale, PA.
Once there was a roller rink, Steiner's Roller RInk at Ellsworth Park on 213 Third Avenue in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. But before we get into this, you will need to read the backstory history.
In 1860, Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth went to Springfield, Illinois to work with President Abraham Lincoln. He studied law in Lincoln's office and helped Lincoln with his 1860 presidential campaign. The Civil War broke into open warfare in April that year, and on April 15, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to put down rebellion.
On May 24, 1861 (the day after Virginia's secession was ratified by referendum), Lincoln looked out from the White House across the Potomac River and saw a large Confederate flag prominently displayed over the town of Alexandria, Virginia which is right cross the river.
So Colonel Ellsworth immediately recommend he retrieve the flag for Lincoln. He led the 11th New York across the Potomac and into the streets of Alexandria uncontested. He detached some men to take the railroad station, while he led others to secure the telegraph office, and take down the Confederate flag, which was flying above the Marshall House Inn.
Colonel Ellsworth and his four men went upstairs and cut down the flag. After he got the flag, Ellsworth came downstairs, the inn's owner, James W. Jackson shot the Colonel with a shotgun blast to the chest.
President Lincoln was deeply saddened by his friend's death and ordered an honor guard to bring Colonel Ellsworth's body to the White House, where it lay in state in the East Room.
Colonel Ellsworth was then taken to the City Hall in New York City, where thousands of Union supporters came to see the first man to fall for the Union cause.
The Scottdale veterans wished to honor Colonel Ellsworth and they named the Col. Ellsworth Post, No 209, GAR, was organized in May of 1881. This 1887 photo shows an encampment in the woods that later became Scottdale’s Ellsworth Park. This was organized after the end of American Civil War, There were organizations organized for veterans to network and maintain connections with each other. One of the most influential was the Grand Army of the Republic, founded on April 6, 1866, on the principles of "Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty," in Decatur, Illinois, by Benjamin F. Stephenson.
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was dissolved in 1956 when its last veteran of the Civil War died. Linking men through their experience of the war, the GAR became among the first organized advocacy groups in American politics, supporting voting rights for black veterans, lobbying the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions, and supporting Republican political candidates.
This circa 1900 photo (above) shows the interior of the Ellsworth Park Auditorium after it was arranged for a Women's Christian Temperance Union convention.
Its rolling tract of lot contained almost 7 acres, with half the surface covered with giant oaks and primeval forests and ornamental trees, thus furnishing abundant shade.
The park association made many improvements including a stately auditorium 60-by100-feet with a seating capacity of 1,500 and provided a center stage, and two retiring rooms.
The park had a refreshment stand, dining room, and other accommodations for the host of visitors each year and was illuminated by both gas and electric lights (listed in 1899) and enclosed by a tight board fence.
The auditorium on the right is were dances and skating parties were held.
On 03 July 1919 the "Entre Nous" bridge club sponsored a dance. They prepared refreshments and John Kiferie and his orchestra played the music. Activities at the park increased for members and their families and general public.
The building on the far right in the photo (see above) was better known through the 1950's-1980's as Steiner's Roller Rink.
Although it is difficult to verify when the Ellsworth Park Association disbanded, and the land gave way to building lots. The Auditorium became Steiner's Roller Rink, and maintained the park's spirit as a place for the community to gather, have fun, and grow.
Likely they closed in 1980s. The building was demolished according to Google Map. It is not there anymore. The neighborhood is all residential next to the cemetery.
William "Bill" and Genèvieve “Gen” Steiner were owner and operator of Steiner's Roller Rink.
About the rink, it began around 1950s to 1980s. It had two location in the park. The address stated it was where it was. But that was the address for the park itself.
First location was a rink by itself separately from the Auditorium. Later, relocated to the Auditorium for a reason I do not know.
They closed in 1980s.
The Interior.
The original building, the interior is unknown but likely had Maple wood floor considering the era.
The new location was the former Auditorium and that was where they skated till they closed in 1980s. Again, likely Maple. But not sure.
The Exterior.
They had two buildings. Original was seen in the photo. Hard to see though. It was Gabled with Awing. The second building was the former Auditorium and they had similar roof design as you can see the interior.
The Stats:
Original Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Maple. Floor Layout: Straight.
Relocated to Auditorium Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Original Building Size: N/A. Built: 1910s (but rink was in 1950s) Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Demolished.
Relocated to Auditorium Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A.
Demolished: 1980s Demolished.
Original Building: Free-Span Wood Trusses Wood - Walled Arena - like Building.
Roof: Gabled with Awing.
Relocated to Auditorium Building: Free-Span Wood Trusses Wood - Walled Arena - like Building.
Roof: Gabled with Awing. (Style differ than original).
Acres: N/A.
Organ: Grand Piano. Unknown size (each one has a name!) (Likely in Auditorium only).
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.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Recreational Park.
Auditorium.
Sports Stands.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1950s to 1980s.
Steiner's Roller RInk: 1950s to 1980s.
Ellsworth Park: 1887 to 1980s.
Reason for Closure:
Steiner's Roller RInk: N/A.
Ellsworth Park: N/A.
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:
Scottsdale Historical Society Facebook - Several posts.
Scottsdale Historical Society - page long story.
Date of issue: 13 September 2022.
For office use only: 6.
Worth to visit:
None. It is all residential area.
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.
In 1860, Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth went to Springfield, Illinois to work with President Abraham Lincoln. He studied law in Lincoln's office and helped Lincoln with his 1860 presidential campaign. The Civil War broke into open warfare in April that year, and on April 15, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to put down rebellion.
On May 24, 1861 (the day after Virginia's secession was ratified by referendum), Lincoln looked out from the White House across the Potomac River and saw a large Confederate flag prominently displayed over the town of Alexandria, Virginia which is right cross the river.
So Colonel Ellsworth immediately recommend he retrieve the flag for Lincoln. He led the 11th New York across the Potomac and into the streets of Alexandria uncontested. He detached some men to take the railroad station, while he led others to secure the telegraph office, and take down the Confederate flag, which was flying above the Marshall House Inn.
Colonel Ellsworth and his four men went upstairs and cut down the flag. After he got the flag, Ellsworth came downstairs, the inn's owner, James W. Jackson shot the Colonel with a shotgun blast to the chest.
President Lincoln was deeply saddened by his friend's death and ordered an honor guard to bring Colonel Ellsworth's body to the White House, where it lay in state in the East Room.
Colonel Ellsworth was then taken to the City Hall in New York City, where thousands of Union supporters came to see the first man to fall for the Union cause.
The Scottdale veterans wished to honor Colonel Ellsworth and they named the Col. Ellsworth Post, No 209, GAR, was organized in May of 1881. This 1887 photo shows an encampment in the woods that later became Scottdale’s Ellsworth Park. This was organized after the end of American Civil War, There were organizations organized for veterans to network and maintain connections with each other. One of the most influential was the Grand Army of the Republic, founded on April 6, 1866, on the principles of "Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty," in Decatur, Illinois, by Benjamin F. Stephenson.
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was dissolved in 1956 when its last veteran of the Civil War died. Linking men through their experience of the war, the GAR became among the first organized advocacy groups in American politics, supporting voting rights for black veterans, lobbying the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions, and supporting Republican political candidates.
This circa 1900 photo (above) shows the interior of the Ellsworth Park Auditorium after it was arranged for a Women's Christian Temperance Union convention.
Its rolling tract of lot contained almost 7 acres, with half the surface covered with giant oaks and primeval forests and ornamental trees, thus furnishing abundant shade.
The park association made many improvements including a stately auditorium 60-by100-feet with a seating capacity of 1,500 and provided a center stage, and two retiring rooms.
The park had a refreshment stand, dining room, and other accommodations for the host of visitors each year and was illuminated by both gas and electric lights (listed in 1899) and enclosed by a tight board fence.
The auditorium on the right is were dances and skating parties were held.
On 03 July 1919 the "Entre Nous" bridge club sponsored a dance. They prepared refreshments and John Kiferie and his orchestra played the music. Activities at the park increased for members and their families and general public.
The building on the far right in the photo (see above) was better known through the 1950's-1980's as Steiner's Roller Rink.
Although it is difficult to verify when the Ellsworth Park Association disbanded, and the land gave way to building lots. The Auditorium became Steiner's Roller Rink, and maintained the park's spirit as a place for the community to gather, have fun, and grow.
Likely they closed in 1980s. The building was demolished according to Google Map. It is not there anymore. The neighborhood is all residential next to the cemetery.
William "Bill" and Genèvieve “Gen” Steiner were owner and operator of Steiner's Roller Rink.
About the rink, it began around 1950s to 1980s. It had two location in the park. The address stated it was where it was. But that was the address for the park itself.
First location was a rink by itself separately from the Auditorium. Later, relocated to the Auditorium for a reason I do not know.
They closed in 1980s.
The Interior.
The original building, the interior is unknown but likely had Maple wood floor considering the era.
The new location was the former Auditorium and that was where they skated till they closed in 1980s. Again, likely Maple. But not sure.
The Exterior.
They had two buildings. Original was seen in the photo. Hard to see though. It was Gabled with Awing. The second building was the former Auditorium and they had similar roof design as you can see the interior.
The Stats:
Original Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Maple. Floor Layout: Straight.
Relocated to Auditorium Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Original Building Size: N/A. Built: 1910s (but rink was in 1950s) Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Demolished.
Relocated to Auditorium Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A.
Demolished: 1980s Demolished.
Original Building: Free-Span Wood Trusses Wood - Walled Arena - like Building.
Roof: Gabled with Awing.
Relocated to Auditorium Building: Free-Span Wood Trusses Wood - Walled Arena - like Building.
Roof: Gabled with Awing. (Style differ than original).
Acres: N/A.
Organ: Grand Piano. Unknown size (each one has a name!) (Likely in Auditorium only).
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.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Recreational Park.
Auditorium.
Sports Stands.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1950s to 1980s.
Steiner's Roller RInk: 1950s to 1980s.
Ellsworth Park: 1887 to 1980s.
Reason for Closure:
Steiner's Roller RInk: N/A.
Ellsworth Park: N/A.
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:
Scottsdale Historical Society Facebook - Several posts.
Scottsdale Historical Society - page long story.
Date of issue: 13 September 2022.
For office use only: 6.
Worth to visit:
None. It is all residential area.
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.