User:Hmich176/List of defunct amusement parks in Pennsylvania

NOTE: This list is currently incomplete. There are other parks that are not included in this list at this time, but they will be added after I complete the dates of the parks on this list, including as many references are necessary. I will only add additional parks sooner, if I happen to come across them as I am doing research. It's just easier to get this list done on my behalf as do this.

#	Name	Location	Opened	Closed	Notes	Ref(S)
1	Alameda Park	Butler	1901	1942 c. 1942
2	Aliquippa Park	Aliquippa	1877 c. 1877	1906	The park closed when it was purchased by Jones & Laughlin Steel Company.	^[1]^[2]
3	Angela Park	Hazleton	1956	1989
4	Beechwood Park	Havertown	1907	1909		^[3]
5	Beury's Grove	Lavelle	1930 c. 1930	1960 c. 1960
6	Burke Glen Park	Monroeville	1926	1974
7	Bushkill Park	Easton	1902	2004
8	Calhoun Park	Lincoln Place	1895	1911 c. 1911	The park was closed several years before the land was sold, in 1916, to a real estate company which developed it into homes.	^[4]^[5]^[6]
9	Cascade Park	New Castle	1891	1986	Discontinued as an amusement park; still functions as a community park today.
10	Central Park	Allentown	1892	1951 - 1957 c. 1951 - 1957		^[7]
11	Coney Island	Neville Township	1907	1908	Only operated for two seasons. Coney Island was intended to be reopened under a different name in 1909, but the park was sold instead, per court order. After the sale, the park operated as a standard park, not an amusement park.	^[8]^[9] ^[10]^[11]
12	Dream City Park	Wilkinsburg	1906	1908	In 1908, Dream City changed its name to White City Park. The park property was listed for sale in December 1908-January 1909. It existed as a public park for several years before being redeveloped for homes.	^[12]^[13]^[14] ^[15]^[16]
13	Dreamland Park	Fleetwood	1950 c. 1950	1963 c. 1963
14	Eldora Park	Carroll Township	1904	1940s c. 1940s
15	Forest Park	Chalfont	1885	1964	Forest Park closed after the 1964 season due to considerable amount of debt.	^[17]
16	Hanson's Amusement Park	Harveys Lake	1891	1984	1891-1934 as Harvey's Lake Picnic Grounds.	^[18]
17	Harmarville Park	Harmarville	1927			^[19]
18	Homestead Park	Homestead
19	Island Park	Sunbury	1923	1970s c. 1970s		^[20]
20	Junction Park	New Brighton
21	Lakeview Park	Royersford		1987
22	Lenape Park	Kittanning	1899	1936
23	Lenape Park	West Chester		1980	This park is currently known as Brandywine Picnic Park.
24	Luna Park	Johnstown	1905	1922	Sold to city of Johnstown in 1922 and renamed Roxbury Park; now a municipal park.
25	Luna Park	Pittsburgh	1905	1909
26	Luna Park	Scranton	1906	1916	Grounds now mostly covered by Interstate 81
27	Maple Grove Park	Pittsburgh
28	Mapleview Park	Canonsburg
29	Nay Aug Park	Scranton	1931	1990s c. 1990s		^[21]
30	Northern Electric Park	Clarks Summit	1908	1925	A fire destroyed the major attractions in the park.	^[22]^[23]^[24]
31	Oakford Park	Jeannette
32	Oakwood Amusement Park	Crafton
33	Olympia Park	McKeesport	1902	1942
34	Paxtang Park	Harrisburg	1893	1929		^[25]^[26]
35	Playtown Park	Springfield Township
36	Poconos' Magic Valley	Bushkill	1977	1982 c. 1982	The park was renamed Magic Valley and Winona Five Falls around 1981. The park closed sometime after 1982.	^[27]
37	Rainbow Gardens	White Oak	1924	1968	Originally started with a roller rink and swimming pool, with an amusement park and drive-in theater added in the 40s. Everything was razed or sold in 1968 for a proposed PA Route 48 expressway, which never materialized.	^[28]
38	Rock Point Park	Ellwood City	1884	1911		^[29]
39	Rocky Glen Park	Moosic	1886	1987
40	Rocky Springs Park	Lancaster	1899	1980	The park closed in 1966 and was reopened for two seasons in 1979 and 1980. The park was auctioned off in 1984.	^[30]
41	Rolling Green Park	Hummels Wharf	1908	1971
42	Sanatoga Park	Pottstown
43	Sans Souci Park	Hanover Township	1880	1970	Wilkes-Barre/Nanticoke environs
44	Southern Park	Carrick
45	Swatara Park	Middletown	1955 c. 1955	1968 c. 1968
46	West Point Park	Upper Gwynedd Township	1868	1988
47	West View Park	Pittsburgh	1906	1977
48	White Swan Park	Moon Township	1955	1990
49	Williams Grove Amusement Park	Mechanicsburg	1850	2005	Standing, but not operating.
50	Willow Grove Park	Willow Grove	1896	1975
51	Willow Mill Park	Mechanicsburg	1931 c. 1931	1996

References

^ "P&LE Sells Aliquippa Park". New Castle News. September 20, 1905. p. 2. Report has it that Jones and Laughlin Steel Company will in future, use it as industrial site - Rail and Roundhouse News.
^ "Dismantling Picnic Ground; Aliquippa Park Is Making Way for New Steel Mills". The Daily Notes. Canonsburg. January 15, 1907. p. 1.
^ Davis, Michelle R. (December 1, 1991). "Short-lived Trip: Taking A Trolley To Rides At Park". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ "Railway Cripples Organize". Altoona Tribune. May 14, 1895. p. 7. ...it has been decided to hold a picnic at Calhoun park, the new pleasure resort on the Monongahela river...
^ "Calhoun Park for Lot Plan". The Pittsburgh Post. November 16, 1916. p. 14. The Homestead Realty Company has purchased from the Philadelphia Company the old Calhoun park property for $28,000.
^ Ackerman, Jan (October 21, 2002). "Small city neighborhood caught in fight over land for community center". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 21, 2015. One of the most interesting things they found was that an amusement park called Calhoun Park was opened in 1895 by Pittsburgh Railways Company on Mifflin Road, where the trailer park now stands. The park closed about 1910.
^ Whelan, Frank (August 26, 2011). "Central Park once the Lehigh Valley amusement mecca died 60 years ago this summer". WFMZ-TV. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "Public Sale: Coney Island Amusement Company". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. November 8, 1908. p. S5-5.
^ "Neville Island Park. Bathing Beach With 1,000 Bath Houses to Be Feature at New Resort". The Pittsburgh Post. October 21, 1906. p. 11.
^ "Another "Coney Island."". Reading Times. October 25, 1906. p. 4.
^ "Coney Island's Opening". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. May 26, 1907. p. 27. The new Coney Island Park, located on Neville island, some seven miles down the Ohio river, will be opened to the public on Saturday, June 8.
^ "Another Amusement Park; Twenty-Acre Plot on Oakmont-Verona Car Line Is to Be Utilized". The Pittsburgh Post. February 5, 1906. p. 2.
^ "Dream City To Have A Cannon Coaster And An Irish Village". The Pittsburgh Gazette. March 25, 1906. p. S2-2. The Roller Coaster, or Toboggan, has been enhanced for amusement purposes by a novel arrangement. There is a monster cannon, an exact reproduction of a coast defense gun, on the last slope. The gun is 50 feet in length and the cars enter the breech and shoot out the end into the home station. The long dash through the dark interior of the great cannon adds materially to the zest of the ride and is a decidedly novel sensation.
^ "New Dream City Park Is Opened; Over 20,000 People Visit Big Resort Near Wilkinsburg on First Day". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. May 31, 1906. p. 12.
^ "White City Opens". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. May 24, 1908. p. S2-3. White City park, formerly Dream City park, will open its season Decoration day.
^ "Dream City Park". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. December 27, 1908. p. S4-2.
^ Bell, Kurt R.; Malack, John R. (2000). "Forest Park History". Retrieved June 22, 2015.
^ "Hanson's Amusement Park" (PDF). Harveyslake.org. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "Honey Boys". The Pittsburgh Courier. May 28, 1927. p. 7. The annual outing of the Honey Boys will be at Harmarville Park, the new half-million dollar pleasure playground.
^ "Shamokin Men Head Project For A Big Park Near Sunbury; Corporation, Headed by Selin M. Wiest of This City, Closes Deal for Eighteen-acre Site on Island Park, Sunbury. Plan Outlay of $150,000 for the Erection of Buildings and Amusement Devices". Shamokin News-Dispatch. May 24, 1923. pp. 1, 4.
^ "Strohl to Proceed With Dance Building". The Scranton Republican. January 26, 1931. p. 3.
^ "An Amusement Park For Clark's Summit". The Scranton Truth. February 13, 1909. p. 8.
^ "Northern Electric Park Opens Today". The Scranton Truth. May 21, 1910. p. 9.
^ "No title". The Scranton Republican. August 15, 1925. p. 8. The closing of Northern Electric Park as an amusement resort eliminates one of the best known local places of the kind.
^ "Paxtang Park. Attractions Which Will Be Added to the Grounds in a Short Time". Harrisburg Daily Independent. July 20, 1893. p. 1.
^ "Paxtang Park Is Thing Of Past; Remove Houses". The Evening News. Harrisburg, PA. April 21, 1930. p. 1. Paxtang Park, whic [sic] used to be a trolley park when local residents rode out into the country at Paxtang for five cents, is a thing of the past.
^ "Magic Valley theme park opens". The Pocono Record. June 30, 1977. p. 13. The Poconos' first theme park officially opens its doors today at the base of Winona Five Falls near Bushkill.
^ O'Malley, Meg (November 24, 2014). "Rainbow Gardens". Popular Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Sports and Recreation. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "Rock Point". Pittsburg Gazette. June 20, 1884. p. 2. The Rock Point property has been purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad and elegauntly [sic] fitted up for Picnic and Pleasure Parties.
^ "Rocky Springs Park History". Rocky Springs Park, LP. 2003. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[1] "P&LE Sells Aliquippa Park". New Castle News. September 20, 1905. p. 2. Report has it that Jones and Laughlin Steel Company will in future, use it as industrial site - Rail and Roundhouse News.

[2] "Dismantling Picnic Ground; Aliquippa Park Is Making Way for New Steel Mills". The Daily Notes. Canonsburg. January 15, 1907. p. 1.

[3] Davis, Michelle R. (December 1, 1991). "Short-lived Trip: Taking A Trolley To Rides At Park". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

[4] "Railway Cripples Organize". Altoona Tribune. May 14, 1895. p. 7. ...it has been decided to hold a picnic at Calhoun park, the new pleasure resort on the Monongahela river...

[5] "Calhoun Park for Lot Plan". The Pittsburgh Post. November 16, 1916. p. 14. The Homestead Realty Company has purchased from the Philadelphia Company the old Calhoun park property for $28,000.

[6] Ackerman, Jan (October 21, 2002). "Small city neighborhood caught in fight over land for community center". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 21, 2015. One of the most interesting things they found was that an amusement park called Calhoun Park was opened in 1895 by Pittsburgh Railways Company on Mifflin Road, where the trailer park now stands. The park closed about 1910.

[7] Whelan, Frank (August 26, 2011). "Central Park once the Lehigh Valley amusement mecca died 60 years ago this summer". WFMZ-TV. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[8] "Public Sale: Coney Island Amusement Company". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. November 8, 1908. p. S5-5.

[9] "Neville Island Park. Bathing Beach With 1,000 Bath Houses to Be Feature at New Resort". The Pittsburgh Post. October 21, 1906. p. 11.

[10] "Another "Coney Island."". Reading Times. October 25, 1906. p. 4.

[11] "Coney Island's Opening". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. May 26, 1907. p. 27. The new Coney Island Park, located on Neville island, some seven miles down the Ohio river, will be opened to the public on Saturday, June 8.

[12] "Another Amusement Park; Twenty-Acre Plot on Oakmont-Verona Car Line Is to Be Utilized". The Pittsburgh Post. February 5, 1906. p. 2.

[13] "Dream City To Have A Cannon Coaster And An Irish Village". The Pittsburgh Gazette. March 25, 1906. p. S2-2. The Roller Coaster, or Toboggan, has been enhanced for amusement purposes by a novel arrangement. There is a monster cannon, an exact reproduction of a coast defense gun, on the last slope. The gun is 50 feet in length and the cars enter the breech and shoot out the end into the home station. The long dash through the dark interior of the great cannon adds materially to the zest of the ride and is a decidedly novel sensation.

[14] "New Dream City Park Is Opened; Over 20,000 People Visit Big Resort Near Wilkinsburg on First Day". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. May 31, 1906. p. 12.

[15] "White City Opens". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. May 24, 1908. p. S2-3. White City park, formerly Dream City park, will open its season Decoration day.

[16] "Dream City Park". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. December 27, 1908. p. S4-2.

[17] Bell, Kurt R.; Malack, John R. (2000). "Forest Park History". Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[Harveys_Lake-18] "Hanson's Amusement Park" (PDF). Harveyslake.org. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[19] "Honey Boys". The Pittsburgh Courier. May 28, 1927. p. 7. The annual outing of the Honey Boys will be at Harmarville Park, the new half-million dollar pleasure playground.

[20] "Shamokin Men Head Project For A Big Park Near Sunbury; Corporation, Headed by Selin M. Wiest of This City, Closes Deal for Eighteen-acre Site on Island Park, Sunbury. Plan Outlay of $150,000 for the Erection of Buildings and Amusement Devices". Shamokin News-Dispatch. May 24, 1923. pp. 1, 4.

[21] "Strohl to Proceed With Dance Building". The Scranton Republican. January 26, 1931. p. 3.

[22] "An Amusement Park For Clark's Summit". The Scranton Truth. February 13, 1909. p. 8.

[23] "Northern Electric Park Opens Today". The Scranton Truth. May 21, 1910. p. 9.

[24] "No title". The Scranton Republican. August 15, 1925. p. 8. The closing of Northern Electric Park as an amusement resort eliminates one of the best known local places of the kind.

[25] "Paxtang Park. Attractions Which Will Be Added to the Grounds in a Short Time". Harrisburg Daily Independent. July 20, 1893. p. 1.

[26] "Paxtang Park Is Thing Of Past; Remove Houses". The Evening News. Harrisburg, PA. April 21, 1930. p. 1. Paxtang Park, whic [sic] used to be a trolley park when local residents rode out into the country at Paxtang for five cents, is a thing of the past.

[27] "Magic Valley theme park opens". The Pocono Record. June 30, 1977. p. 13. The Poconos' first theme park officially opens its doors today at the base of Winona Five Falls near Bushkill.

[28] O'Malley, Meg (November 24, 2014). "Rainbow Gardens". Popular Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Sports and Recreation. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[29] "Rock Point". Pittsburg Gazette. June 20, 1884. p. 2. The Rock Point property has been purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad and elegauntly [sic] fitted up for Picnic and Pleasure Parties.

[30] "Rocky Springs Park History". Rocky Springs Park, LP. 2003. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

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