Wick's Roller Rink 120 E. Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH. As seen today. The former site of the rink and the former American Theater, and the New American Theater. All demolished. Now is a parking lot. I discovered in this Google Maps, the marker is located in the shade of the big tree on the left. Not the middle tree where the stop stop is.
Wick's Roller Rink 120 E. Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
American Theater 120 E. Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
The New American Theater 120 E. Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
American Theater 120 E. Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
The New American Theater 120 E. Sixth Street, East Liverpool, OH
Wick's Roller Rink 120 Sixth Street, East Liverpool, Ohio was originally located where there is parking lot today. But it was the first rink in this very town, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Official name is unknown but for now, we will call it John Wick's Roller Rink because of the East Liverpool Historical Society called that. And it was owned by John Wick. Has nothing to do with a movie character starring Keanu Reeves.
This is a different John Wick. He started the roller rink and the craze in that town because he was the first to do so in that town. Several rinks were established right near this rink and to each other including Fifth Street Rink, Sixth Street Rink, Winland Rink, and Bradfield Rink.
In matter of fact, likely Wick's Rink closed before the turn of the century that the very next door, the Grand Opera House in 1905 converted to a roller rink! The very next door! Likely that John Wick did not last long in operations with this rink. Likely ran between 1870s or even earlier in 1870s to late 1880s. Maybe late as 1890s.
Maybe the owner or management recommended the roller rink after John Wick's went of business.
After the rink went out of business, on the very site, it became the American Theater that was well known. Two theaters right next to each other. Grand Opera House and the American Theater however, I am sure very different genre as you can see the name of both places have specific title for.
The American Theater building was destroyed by fire on 24 May 1950.
The theater was rebuilt in 1951 with the design by architect Michael DeAngelis, reusing the lower portion of the original building. It reopened 17 March 1951 and had 709 seats. It was operated by Interstate Theaters in the 1960’s. It was demolished in 1999.
John Wick's building likely was demolished before the theater was ever built and that theater opened on 27 December 1909.
The Interior.
Due to its time period, the floor was definitely wooden. Maple or Oak. Not sure.
The Exterior.
N/A.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Wooden. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1870s? Renovations: N/A. Demolished: 1890s?
Type of Building: N/A..
Roof: N/A..
Acres: N/A.
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
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: 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.
Theater (movie/stage): (Non-related to rink)-
-- American Theater: 778 seats.
-- New American Theater: 709 seats. (reduced due to fire)
Dance Center: None.
Picnic Grove: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A.
Wick's Roller Rink: c. 1870s to c. 1890s.
American Theater: 27 December 1909 to 24 May 1950
The New American Theater: 17 March 1951
Reason for Closure: 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 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 - The 5 Rinks.
Cinemas Treasure - About American Theater.
Pinterest - The New American Theater photo.
The Historical Marker Database - Historic landmark sign about the American Theater.
Date of issue: 05 July 2023.
Updated: 07 July 2023.
For office use only: 1.
Worth to visit:
None. Now a parking lot.
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.
Official name is unknown but for now, we will call it John Wick's Roller Rink because of the East Liverpool Historical Society called that. And it was owned by John Wick. Has nothing to do with a movie character starring Keanu Reeves.
This is a different John Wick. He started the roller rink and the craze in that town because he was the first to do so in that town. Several rinks were established right near this rink and to each other including Fifth Street Rink, Sixth Street Rink, Winland Rink, and Bradfield Rink.
In matter of fact, likely Wick's Rink closed before the turn of the century that the very next door, the Grand Opera House in 1905 converted to a roller rink! The very next door! Likely that John Wick did not last long in operations with this rink. Likely ran between 1870s or even earlier in 1870s to late 1880s. Maybe late as 1890s.
Maybe the owner or management recommended the roller rink after John Wick's went of business.
After the rink went out of business, on the very site, it became the American Theater that was well known. Two theaters right next to each other. Grand Opera House and the American Theater however, I am sure very different genre as you can see the name of both places have specific title for.
The American Theater building was destroyed by fire on 24 May 1950.
The theater was rebuilt in 1951 with the design by architect Michael DeAngelis, reusing the lower portion of the original building. It reopened 17 March 1951 and had 709 seats. It was operated by Interstate Theaters in the 1960’s. It was demolished in 1999.
John Wick's building likely was demolished before the theater was ever built and that theater opened on 27 December 1909.
The Interior.
Due to its time period, the floor was definitely wooden. Maple or Oak. Not sure.
The Exterior.
N/A.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Wooden. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1870s? Renovations: N/A. Demolished: 1890s?
Type of Building: N/A..
Roof: N/A..
Acres: N/A.
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
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: 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.
Theater (movie/stage): (Non-related to rink)-
-- American Theater: 778 seats.
-- New American Theater: 709 seats. (reduced due to fire)
Dance Center: None.
Picnic Grove: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A.
Wick's Roller Rink: c. 1870s to c. 1890s.
American Theater: 27 December 1909 to 24 May 1950
The New American Theater: 17 March 1951
Reason for Closure: 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 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 - The 5 Rinks.
Cinemas Treasure - About American Theater.
Pinterest - The New American Theater photo.
The Historical Marker Database - Historic landmark sign about the American Theater.
Date of issue: 05 July 2023.
Updated: 07 July 2023.
For office use only: 1.
Worth to visit:
None. Now a parking lot.
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.