Paxton Roller Rink, 931 S. Railroad Ave. (Route 45), Paxton, Illinois

• Operator: Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wilbur Ogle & Ed Wojick[1] (1950)
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: Maureen Ogle[3]
• Organist: Gene Johnson[1]
• Floor size: [?]
• Floor type: Maple wood[5]
• Primary reason for closing: Rink continued under new name.
• Opened: 1950[1] - 1954[4]
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Paxton Skateland, 931 S. Railroad Ave. (Route 45), Paxton, Illinois
• Operator: Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wilbur Ogle[4] (1954), Plair and Carolyn Koch[6] (1986)
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: [?]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: 1954[4]
• 1978 - For Sale.
• 1982 - 1986 - No info, ads or articles found during this time period.
• 1986 - The only ad/article found was the re-opening of the rink.[6]
• Closing date unknown.

Skating ended, but the building continued as:
• 1995 - Fancies & Fantasies - "Classic Treasures For You And Your Home", retail store.
• 1996 - Grace Baptist Church.
(The Grace Baptist Church website is no longer up as of January 2022.)

Photo at top of page courtesy Barb Koch.














Paxton Skateland was closed for about a year
before re-opening in 1986 by the Kosh family.








The exact date of the Paxton Skateland closing
is not yet known, but it was before 1995.




As of 1996, it was the
Grace Baptist Church of Paxton.


Then & Now (2015 bottom photo courtesy Google)


As Grace Baptist Church


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