Dexter's Roller Rink, 3001 NW Seventh Ave., Miami, Florida
(aka NW 7th Ave & 30th St., Miami, Florida)

But first it was:
Palace Roller Skating Rink, NW 7th Ave & 30th St., Miami, Florida
• Operator: G.C. Kirkland^[1]
• Manager: H.J. Carlin ^[1], Norman Shelly^[2]
• Floor size: 50' x 100'^[1]
• Floor type: Maple wood^[1]
• Opened for skating: 1926^[1] - 1927
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• 1927-1928, it was the (short-lived) Calico Cat Dance Hall.^[3]
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• 1928, it was the Miami Gospel Tabernacle. ^[4]
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• Palace again for skating: 1933^[5] - 1938^[6]
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Dexter's Roller Rink, 3001 NW Seventh Ave., Miami, Florida
• Operator: Ulysses C. J. Dexter^[7] [RIP 1952] & Charles H. Treadwell^[8], Alfred B. Dexter^[8] (son) (1950), Maude S. Francis^[9] (1953)
• Floor type: New, Maple Wood floor.^[10]
• Primary reason for closing: ^[?]
• Opened: 1938* - 1957*
*Exact opening and closing dates are unconfirmed, however the first ads appeared in 1938 & last info found was the 1957 RSROA listing^[13])
• Listed for sale on January 1956.^[14]
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• Mention of it becoming Allapattah Skateland in the 1950's by Miami Springs Historical Society and Museum. ^[15]
(I have found nothing so far to support this.)
• Unknown why it closed and what happened to the building.
• Today, it's just an empty lot.

Photo at top of page courtesy Skating Review, February 1941.