All-Star Triangle Bowl

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Location559 E. Russell St., Orangeburg, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°29′34″N80°51′34″W / 33.4929°N 80.859515°W / 33.4929; -80.859515
Built1962 [1]
NRHP reference No. 96000837 [2]
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 1996 Civil Rights Movement in Orangeburg County MPS

All-Star Triangle Bowl (formerly All-Star Bowling Lane) is a former bowling alley located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. [1] [3] The 16 lanes in total are a historic fixture of the community. The original owner was Harry K. Floyd, and originally housed both AMF's Magic Triangle systems and 82-30 pinsetters. All-Star Triangle Bowl is most known for its fundamental role in the Orangeburg Massacre, which was sparked as a result of Floyd refusing to allow people of color to bowl at the privately owned bowling alley (which was then called All Star Bowling Lane). He owned and operated the alley until his death on July 12, 2002, following which his son, Harry K. Floyd, Jr., took over.

Due to financial difficulties, the Floyd family closed the bowling alley in August 2007. [4] The All-Star Triangle Bowl remains on the National Register of Historic Places. In September 2020, an Orangeburg nonprofit purchased the property with the plan of turning it into a memorial for the Civil Rights Movement in the city, to be called the Orangeburg National Center for Justice. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Davis, Steven A.; Andrew W. Chandler (April 7, 1995). "All Star Bowling Lanes" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "All Star Bowling Lanes, Orangeburg County (559 E. Russell St., Orangeburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  4. "Historic All-Star Triangle Bowl closes doors". Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC). Archived from the original on 2011-05-17.
  5. Gleaton, Dionne (September 29, 2020). "'We're going to make it a place of healing'; All-Star Triangle Bowl to become center for justice". The Orangeburg Times and Democrats. Retrieved 31 May 2023.