Billed as a miniature worlds fair, the 10-acre park built by the Eastern Park Construction Company was, in fact, fashioned in the image of an actual fair the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893. Lets not forget Savin Rock in West Haven CT! I know the Congo Cruise was called the Red Mill at one point but I think that was in my mothers generation, I always remember it as the Congo Cruise. But my most vivid, and fond memory was Misquamucut, and this mystery park! Zoom in Zoom out Rotate right Fit screen Full expand. That is the first one for me about 1952. No Paragon Park??? Oh just one more comment,thanks to Larry Stone who put me to work every summer running the flying scooter, flying cages, or the rocket swing,then the lindyloop, Im a big baby when it comes to riding roller coasters but I do love the look of an old fashioned white wood one curling around a park. Dodge died from Brights Disease at a hospital in New Hampshire. Had my first date with my future husband at Riverside. Hilarity Hall, a funhouse akin to the Steeplechase, was built next door, and a dance hall that later became a roller rink, toy store, and video arcade. Ple Newton High Schools Senior Proms were held in the Totem Pole Ballroom ~ what a special memory!! I hope that whatever parks are now available to families offer todays kids memories that they will carry with them into their 70s too. Now folks who have never been there will get an inkling of how important the park was to so many people! Keep us posted on your book and have a great weekend! I lived and graduated from Lunenburg High School in 70. He proposed twin 18-story towers, each double the height of the world-famous roller coasters first hill. He was the manager and operator of the Green Streak roller coaster in Paragon Park located in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. What a great time to be a kid. Dodge commissioned the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) to create a new coaster. While sad, the news contained one ray of hope a final season for nostalgia-filled fans to say goodbye. Chris Haraden lecture - The History of Paragon Park, Official Site of the Paragon Park Carousel, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paragon_Park&oldid=1135406011, Buildings and structures in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Defunct amusement parks in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 January 2023, at 13:40. Norumbega Park loved going there when I was young! Now its a shopping center. I felt so sorry for that creature. For out-of-state visitors, parking at Nantasket Beach will increase from $10 to $15 per day, and $20 per day. It had a great wooden roller coaster as well as a Ferris Wheel and other attractions. Nearly a quarter of a century later, the Wonderland Greyhound Park opened on the same property. We enjoyed quite a few evening visits in the 80s. Thank you so much for posting these pictures, I have been looking for photos of the last year of Paragon for years now and I am so happy to finally have found them!!! Paragon Park on Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA has to be the most beloved old amusement park in New England and one of the top 10 in the country. A wood coaster was just what the park needed for its 10th anniversary, and Predator delivered. Lincoln Park was THE BEST! Hopefully at a family get together that poor kid is now telling his children (or grandchildren), You ARE NOT going to believe what happened to me in 1984 at Whalom Park, it sure wasnt funny then but looking back, Back in 1973, a guy made a sci-fi home film that had several filming locations, one of them being the Fun-o-Rama park at Salisbury Beach, MA. Mountain Park in Holyoke was my favorite, my cousins and I would go there when they visited from Acton. Can not believe Canobie is closed. Boston Public Library/Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection, Visitors walking the grounds of Rocky Point State Park today may not realize that they are treading on entertainment history, but the reminders are there if you know where to look. 2022 Dennis Connors Photography. As a South Shore kid I really miss Paragon Park in Hull MA (Nantasket Beach). It was the best rink around as they took good care of the hardwood floor, Curious would you have been from Leominster and chewed peppermint gum at the time, The 60s was my era for skating at Whalom. Larry and Phyllis Stone decided to divorce, and Klayman, caught in the middle of a dispute between the owners, found himself looking for a new job after 30 years. I also remember Bensons fondly . Some items, such as the motors and machinery of most rides, arcade games, prize inventory, needed complete replacement, while the buildings themselves needed to be dried out. We rented a big house, across the street from the beach. I thought it was pretty cool that the Paragon Giant Coaster was on the list of the Smithsonians Top Ten Coasters list. Sorry when it closed. I loved the Giant Coaster and the Congo Cruise. Opened by the Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway on the shores of Lake Whalom in 1893, Whalom Park would be known as one of the 15 oldest amusement parks in the United States by the time it closed for good in 2000. One bidder paid $25 for the entire lot of rainbow-colored trash cans. Although he and Eastern Park sold off the Rockland House as part of their 1907 separation, Dodge later bought the Pemberton Hotel and Pemberton Inn, adjacent hotels at the farthest end of the Hull peninsula. My first date with my now wife of 38 years was there! Pleasure Beach Ballroom had big bands like The Dorseys (before my time) , but being a product of the 50s I remember seeing Fats Domino and Patsy Cline there. Rollercoaster, FunHouse, Clambakes at the Pavillion, roller skating rink, Dancing ( with name bands, my Aunt sang there with a band for a while! He is working on a book about the park's history. Back before we moved to Connecticut in the. Did you hold on tight or tempt fate and ride with your hands stretched toward the sky? Most of the time, news of an injury or death at a theme park involves a roller coaster. Touted as the strangest farm on earth, this park was developed by John Benson, a British animal trainer who had originally purchased a 200-acre lot about an hour north of Boston to serve as a temporary home for animals he would buy and sell. My grandparents took me. I grew up in The Berkshires and looked forward every summer to making a trip to Mountain Park and stopping at the nearby dinosaur tracks along with way. An Ohio woman who passed out while riding a roller coaster at a southern Indiana theme park later died at a local hospital, a coroner said. Today, the only surviving remnant of Paragon Park on the boardwalk is the historic Paragon Park Carousel, which was moved from its original site. Doesnt anyone remember two of the most popular parks in CT Savin Rock in New Haven, CT and Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport, Ct that was a lot smaller than the Rock but had one of the best ballrooms in the country with constant top named performing bands in attendance. Movie Stars came from California The Three Stooges often preformed on stage I believe it closed in the late 60s. The rest of the site is devoted to condominiumdevelopment. Us and some of our neighbors would take advantage of $5 after 5 nights to take the kids to Whalom Park a few times a summer. Maybe I might see them again in Heaven. It operated there from 1917 to 1984. I remember when they had Elvis performing on the outdoor stagethat was many years ago! A roller coaster in Japan known for its "super death" acceleration to triple-digit speeds was reportedly shut down after riders suffered serious bone fractures. Even though that was in 1984, every time he tells the story he apologises to the poor kid sitting behind him all over again. This article is a stub. But another group of preservationists began to think about how memories of the park could be saved, and fixed its gaze upon the antique carousel. . Somewhere in between, the Arcade Bazaar was lost due to a fire. Oh Rich, I know EXACTLY what you mean about smelling the beach before you even got there. Keansburg, N.J., March 14, 2013 -- Workers at Keansburg Amusements Park dismantle a roller coaster rendered useless by Hurricane Sandy. But its not the same. But I do have a copy of the book Savin Rock Memories by Gil Johnson and Bennett W. Dorman. Savin Rock was an outstanding amusement park, with roller coasters over the water, the Virginia Reel, a fabulous carousel with brass rings to catch, fun houses and top name hamburger/hotdog drive ins to feed the appetite you worked up walking the miles of rides, races and arcades. NORUMBEGA AND TOTEM POLE BALLROOM, AUBURNDALE, MA. My sister and I roadtripped there in the early 90s we tried to make it from Massachusetts to Miami but found that the country is much bigger once you get out of the northeast, so we stopped in SC. well, all was fine till halfway home and my brother starts getting sick I was on top of my step sister out the window most of the ride home Still great times and I miss when we used to have no cares but having fun.. On a dark winter evening homeward-bound in the front passenger seat in our '53 Chevy after Christmas shopping at the Paragon Park's Arcade Bazaar - a warehouse-like fluorescent-lit discount toy store in Nantasket Beach - my mom told me the heartbreaking truth about Santa Claus. They rehearsed in our barn further down Northampton Street. American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) recognizes Wild One at Six Flags America as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, a designation reserved for rides of historic significance.. Wild One's long history began at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts. My best friend took me there when I moved to the area in 1983. White City was the bestthe whole family would go on a Sunday afternooncousins, aunts and uncleswhat a blast! Dodge believed in his vision and bought out his partners in 1907. The rest of the site is devoted to condominium development. As I remember it was not a very large park, or maybe I didnt get to see it all.But memories are still there. How about the screech of the wheels or the screams of the riders? See it here at. He didn't survive the incident. Cause of death was categorized as a result of either external trauma or a medical condition based on available information. Canobie Lake was where out Sr HS class had an unofficial Senior Day. The amusement park closed in 1994 and sat abandoned for years before its remains were finally demolished out of concern for public safety. Statistics are an important factor to take into consideration when you begin riding an ample amount of roller coasters. Not only was the band funny, but exceptional musicians . Correct, Leo, only the name was Pleasure Island. See my post below. The rest of the site is dedicated to condominium development. A case was defined as the death of a person which was associated with a roller coaster in the United States between 15 May 1994 and 14 May 2004. The carousel was always a favorite ride no matter how young or old I was. Great memories going back at least 50 years! Remember Revere Beach and Canobie Lake when I was a kid growing up in Somerville, Ma. I took my children there all the time ides were reasonable for a family. The Super Screamer was there until 1999. It was known as Disneyland of the East. It was safe and so much fun. Silver-colored flagpoles stretched across the entrance, now enclosed by chain-link gates that would swing inward. Youd once drive into Hull on George Washington Boulevard and watch the horizon for the rising coaster in the distance; now, its a monstrous condo building. He grew up on Lake Quinsigamond, so Im familiar with White City as well , as the wild animal farm, Nantasket, ( I eventually settled in nearby Cohasset, the carousel is still there. The financial difficulties of the Depression weighed heavily on Paragons operations. With the Stones out of town on vacation, disaster duty fell to Klayman. There was also a small park in or near Whitman, MA cant recall the name that we went to once. Also Lincoln Park in North Dartmouth, MA, where I remember riding the roller coaster 13 times in a row with a friend! Miss Rocky Point, grandparents had a cottage right next to the park, spent many summer weekends visiting the cottages and walking to the park, loved the pool, playing speedball, the pizza slices and the bumper are. Ditto. Loved going to Rocky Point sometimes just for the chowder and clam cakes but always ended up in the amusement park. I use to go to Lincoln Park in Dartmouth, Ma. We used all our tickets there. I miss them both! The antique carousel is still there. I remember Lincoln Park. Many years back the classic shore dinners in a pavilion over the water made it famous. A woman has died after passing out on a roller coaster. Thank you for the wonderful memories. Also, we often went to Jolly Chollys in North Attleboro as well. Lizzie- Myrtle Beach is definitely in the air today as a pal just asked about retro roadmap worthy places to go around that area. The park reopens for the season April 6. The amount of time the blackberry has been allowed to ripen has an impact on how bitter, Because of its shape, farfalle means butterflies and is commonly referred to as bow tie pasta. peter; My parents had season tickets on Tuesday nights for years. I loved Rocky Point. saw this little blond girl my age (10) all alone. My family lived at Hulll In short, we On September 20, 1922, George A. Great memories ???? Dodge assembled a group of investors to form the Eastern Park Construction Company and leased several acres from the railroad company. My dad worked there. Anybody know anything?!!! It was small, but close to home, so we got there often! In 1987, Bensons Wild Animal Farm was renamed New Englands Playworld Amusement Park and Zoo, but the rebranding didnt help: It closed for good that same year. Here on the SouthCoast, many have fond memories of riding the Comet roller coaster at Lincoln Park in Dartmouth. The two men would face their first challenges early in their tenure. During the next several months, the town of Hull was in turmoil. savin rock amusement park in west haven ct. should definitely be added to this list. )And I grew up in Holden, so, yes Whalom Park. I recall a Western theme park in Northeast CT, named Cowboy Village. Nantasket Beach. What a wonderful and very interesting article about the history of amusement parks in New England. As each season ended, friends and family recall the Stones saying privately that it would be the last; they no longer had the energy to devote to such a draining enterprise. I liked Riverside Park in the 70s. Trailblazer (1974). The Aftermath: Roller Coaster. Thanks for the article which sent me many, many years back in time. Let us know in the comments below! At the time, it was considered the deadliest. Beach was great! Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disneyland, 2003. As the story goes, were it not for the limited number of months in the year it could be open, Disney would have been more involved. About this Item. What wouldnt be kept in town, however, were the rides and equipment that now stood in the way of the Plaza at Paragon Park. One of its readers tipped off the local paper, The Hull-Nantasket Times, which went to press a day early to officially break the news on January 2, 1985 that a condominium developer planned to tear down Paragon Park. as a young child my dad took me and then my grampa took my cousin and I when she visited from Ohio. Im so glad that these cool old places- even when theyre unfortunately gone, hold a special place in folks lives. \r\rThe coaster was built in 1917 and operated till the amusement park closed for good at the end of 1984. Dont forget Adventureland in Newbury, MA which operated for several years from 1957 into the early 60s. News of the developers interest appeared in December 1984 in a place that was unlikely to attract attention a column in the pages of The New England Real Estate Journal, a trade publication generally seen only by those in the real estate industry. About a dozen years later I . Roller skating, rides, swimming even a boat that gave rides around the lake. Theres a Facebook page called Paragon Park Memories- maybe if you post it there someone else may remember it as well good luck! Id have the day in the park while my parents and aunts and uncles would sit under the pavilion on a Sunday listening to the polka bands. sadly lasted only about 10 years. They had a great time. We moved to Gulf Breeze, FL and several years later they started . All rights reserved. Newton High Schools Senior Prom was held there until, I think, the very early 60s..a special ending to your school years. I graduated from Hull High School and lived at the very end of Sunset Point. Contents. They flew around the 2,456-foot circuit and the coaster utilized two lift hills, each almost 100-feet high. When Rose Stone died in 1969, the park lost one of its most familiar figures and its last link to the days when Dodge was still active in the parks operations. When young my parents would take me tomthe Wonderland Park in Revere MA. It was small. We had so much fun back in those days 1958 ,so many places to go and things to do back then, there were high school dancing, boys club dancing, ice skating, sad that the kids today missed out on all of those things, I will never forget them or the other good times I had growing up. The coaster shut down when Paragon Park closed in 1984. My favorite memories were watching all the people and traffic on Nantasket Boulevard on Friday and Saturday nights, it was better than watching the movie American Graffiti. During really hot days, the guys running the giant roller coaster let me ride for free during my breaks just to cool off. Paragon Park Hull, Massachusetts, United States Defunct, Operated from 6/10/1905 to 1985 Videos Maps Parks nearby Defunct Roller Coasters: 6 Location Located on Nantasket Beach. It was in Holyoke, MA, I believe. After spending months being battered in the public realm, Kahn and Quinn abruptly changed course. So many wonderful memories. As I have spent all my 51 summers at Pemberton point at my grandparents cottage, I will never forget spending my summers enjoying the park especially my favorite the roller coaster. The historic "Fascination" game room closed in 2019 due to storm damage. I also remember Mountain Park; the way to get to the site is still named Mountain Park Road, according to the sign on the bridge where it crosses I-91. Six Flags America in Maryland purchased the coaster and relocated it in 1985. Here's a list of 13 of the deadliest roller coaster accidents in the last two decades. Mark Mason, the manager of the Wild World amusement park near Baltimore, paid $28,000 to buy the Giant Coaster, and promptly announced plans to dismantle the ride piece-by-piece and have it rebuilt in time for the next season. Cut fresh pasta into small rectangles and pinch the, Copyright 2023 TipsFolder.com | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme. I did not know that, thanks Larry! Dawn R. Jankovic, from Brunswick, Ohio, fell unconscious while riding The Voyage roller coaster at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana . Very scary, but such an adventure. The coaster was sold at auction for $26,000 to Wild World, an amusement park in Prince George's County, Maryland, now known as Six Flags America. Grew up going to Lincoln Park many times,roller rink, bowling alley , battle of the bands on weekends as a teenager and the rides,Kiddieland and famous for wooden rollercoaster then went to McCrays for fried clams on RT 6 . Long time ago. During peak season, street parking (for free) fills up by 7 a.m. A couple of $20 grassy lots are available away from the beach but close, such as across the street. Happy Anniversary to you both. I grew up in the 80s and 90s in rhode island and Rocky Point was an amazing amusement park. It officially became an amusement park in 1980 and featured a number of flat rides mostly from HUSS Maschinenfabrik as it served as a U.S. showcase for new Huss rides during the 1980s. The Hurricane in Aug of 1954 finally put an end to it. Without even knowing it, wed had our last ride at Paragon Park. Bemsons was my other favorite with animals and rides. This is one of the smaller "camel humps" of the Giant Coaster being disassembled so that it could be reborn as The Wild One in Maryland. My family always preferred Mountain Park then Riverside. Remember the himalaya ? I remember that was my choice Pleasure Island or a birthday party, and I always picked going to that park! We went there many times. That magic of entering the Nantasket Beach area is gone, but at least the magic of The Giant Coaster excuse me, The Wild One lives on. My mom told me about going to Whalom Park as a child (she grew up in Fitchburg) but I didnt get there until I had my own family and we returned to Massachusetts after a tour of duty in Europe. Then there was the Normandy Room (dancing for the younger crowd) but the definite highlight was the Totem Pole Ballroom if your date invited you to go there, you were on top of the world!! In the photo at right, from June 2, 1942, mechanics who had just finished the annual inspection and repairs to the Paragon Park roller coaster gave it the first ride of the 1942 season. In Africa, what three biomes are the most common? The Giant Coaster, which was built in 1917 and was removed from the park in 1985, is now known as The Wild One at Six Flags America. It was where the class went after graduation of Grammar School in 56 too we also would go to the speedway. I wonder if anyone remembers the Pine Island Park in NH. Thanks so much for sharing your memories here! I have many fond memories of Whalom Park and Im glad you included it. Retro Roadmap Photo Archives- Do These Places Look Familiar To You? Storyland was good as well. One of the most intriguing to me is Holy Land, USA in Waterbury, CT. Its one of those in-between places that some might say doesnt belong on the list because its being, well, you might say resurrected. Only six years before its inclusion on the list of National Historic Landmarks, the 85-foot-high ride with a top speed of 60 mph proved deadly to one rider. The Summer of 1985 seemed like the longest ever, as day by day more and more of Paragon disappeared. We lived in Rockland when I was very young and could see that often. Oh my those clam cakes. and I will never forget the day July 2, 1952 when we (my brother and I and cousins) were getting ready to go on the kiddie roller coaster when we suddenly had to leave. Wonderful memories! Among the most popular attractions of that era was a 500-pound silverback gorilla called Colossus, who was promoted as being among the largest in captivity and once ran for president as a publicity stunt. memories of Nantasket! . It was moved from Nantasket Beach and opened as The Wild One at Six Flags America outside Washington, D.C. back in 1986. Shortly after railroad executives signed the paperwork the following March, fire broke out in a paint shop at the park. Well friends, you never know whats going to happen because the park never reopened the following season, and when I returned in the summer of 1985 I was greeted with this sad sign: Not only had Paragon Park been permanently shuttered, but I had even missed the public auction of all of the goods from the place. But, it was a nice park located conveniently on Route 6 between Fall River and New Bedford. It was a complicated transaction, as Dodge still was leasing the property from the railroad, and subleased the operation to Stone and Golden. Share. My cousin owned the pizza shop across the street from the parking lot and lived there. that I will always remember. Also, not far from the park was the original (and still is) Frank Pepes pizzeria. I remember those rides at White City and that airplane ride over the lake scared the bejesus out of me ! I still have pictures. It features a 450 spiral helix and a series of bunny hills that produce a significant amount of air time. The site is now home to condominiums. Next, My best memories of my being a teenager is my time being at Paragon Park. The park opened to rave reviews. village from 54-56. So many memories of the roller coaster and other rides, as well as swimming at the beach across the street from the park where the water was very cold indeed! Thank you so much for this page! Superman: Tower of Power in Louisville, Kentucky As one of the most historic and popular highways in North America (and dare we say the world), Route 66 has gone through a series of changes since its inception in 1926, going from . Peter thats so cool that your grandad had the restaurant under the clock! Im now in what you would call the elderly stage of my life (Im almost 77). Looff built the parks first merry-go-round in 1892 and another in 1895. That was a summer vacation treat for us kids in NH. I remember that well, and the Diary Ice Cream place up the road on the other side. It was a historic park. If anyone has a picture of this ride please let me know. Great times and wonderful memories of a time long gone by. I used to love Paragon Park! It was 1971. Who makes these lists? Roller coasters, water slides, bumper cars; it had it all. I remember Whalom Park and Bensons Animal Farm fondly. I think he is still alive but at a Zoo in another state. Time finally caught up with Whalom Park, however, and not long after it closed permanently, the parks remaining structures were razed to make way for a condominium complex. It was a fun, reasonably priced park and like other parks in New England was probably not profitable enough to keep running. Lincoln Park had an awesome roller coaster. Chester Kahn, a condominium developer whose summer residence was one block away from the Stones Hull home, floated the idea of turning Paragon into a high-rise condominium complex. My Dad was. The Giant Coaster, which was built in 1917 and was removed from the park in 1985, is now known as The Wild One at Six Flags America. My Late Dad used to work at A&P ( another memory ) They used to have an annual picnic at the park. During the 1930s, part of the Giant Coaster was rebuilt and a brightly colored Art Deco main entrance was erected in 1937. The Giant Coaster sat silent, and the undulating tracks looked like the skeleton of a dinosaur carcass, being slowly dismantled and eaten away at by the vultures that couldn't wait to turn the site into a condominium complex. Rick- that vaguely rings a bell with me but I dont have any photos. Ill never forget Lincoln Park Great Great Memories. The question would never be fully answered, however, as the 1982 election of gambling opponent Michael Dukakis as Massachusetts governor sealed the fate of any casino dreams. the carousel (PTC #85) that they saved and moved down the street, http://themeparks.about.com/library/coasters/blwildone.htm, http://www.paragonparkmemories.com/Index.html, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972?sk=wall, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972. My family had the summer home on the hill directly behind Hurleys Bathhouse (for those who remember). I went for a visit recently and got inspired for a novel Im working on, but I was looking for some photographic inspiration. The Massachusetts real estate market blossomed in the mid-1980s, and the factors that in the past had limited Paragons ability to expand now gave it extra value it was sandwiched between two bodies of water and the views that came with them. This incident. It is 1984! Perhaps the most famous attraction at Whalom Park was its 1940 Flying Comet wooden roller coaster, built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, the same outfit responsible for the wooden coasters at Coney Island. Real estate interests were inspired both by the removal of what some considered the honky tonk amusements and by the zoning loophole Kahns plans had exposed. The last roller coaster-related death in the country was reported in 2007, when an axle on a car broke during a ride in Expoland in Osaka and sent the roller coaster crashing into a guardrail. Till I was twelve, lived in Naugatuck CT and lived to ride Is Nantasket Beach also open? Great memories. Jankovic was riding "The Voyage" roller coaster on June 4 when she became "unresponsive," the theme park said in a Facebook post. Here are 10 Disney movies that we think would make particularly great theme park rides, whether it be a dark ride, flume ride, or rollercoaster. Sad we have to grow up. A small miniature golf course is located on one of the smaller sites that once housed a water slide and, previously, a few rides. In this video you will ride the coaster THREE times! You forgot Pleasure Island. I would add Norumbega Park in auburndale Mass, and pleasure Island. You forgot White City Amusement Park in Shrewsbury MA. The Stone family, by now in sole control of Paragons operations but still sharing ownership of the land with Golden, suffered losses in 1946 and 1949. We held Strong Family reunions there, one year my cousin Ted Strong parachuted into the Park! 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