(The famous Barton was salvaged before the Stadium was demolished, but most of it was later destroyed in a fire.)Ģ. With the organ, noisy fans and interior acoustics, people began calling the arena the Madhouse on Madison. It put out enough sound to rattle the walls, which longtime Stadium organist Al Melgard often did. It was the biggest organ the company ever made, with 3,663 pipes, 800-plus stops and a console that made an airplane cockpit look like a TV remote. The Bartola Musical Instrument Company, manufacturer of theater pipe organs in the silent movie era, made a special Barton organ for the Stadium. Raucous Chicago Blackhawks fans weren’t the only thing to make noise in Chicago Stadium. Three reasons why Blackhawks fans believe you should go loud or go home:ġ.
It was razed in 1995 and is now the site of the parking lot for United Center, an arena that was just as state-of-the-art when it opened as the old Stadium was in 1926. It was one of three NHL arenas to still have a smaller-than-regulation ice surface (along with Boston Garden and Buffalo Memorial Auditorium). The Stadium was an all-purpose arena which over the years hosted political conventions, concerts, boxing matches and even a football game one time - when Wrigley Field was iced over and the Bears had to move indoors! Last but not least, the Stadium was the home court for the Chicago Bulls.īy the mid-1990s, the Stadium was showing its age. It had all the modern architectural and functional bells and whistles, including state-of-the-art ventilation with air conditioning. The old Chicago Stadium had a capacity of 16,600 seats, which made it the largest indoor sports venue in the world at the time, almost twice the size of Madison Square Garden. His funeral, however, took place at the Stadium - his last wish. Unfortunately, he died in a car accident a year later and never saw his beloved stadium in all its glory. Harmon was right … the Blackhawks were going to be big. Harmon completed Chicago Stadium for $9.5 million in 1929, with the Blackhawks playing their first game there in December of that year in front of more than 14,000 fans. When Frederic McLaughlin beat him to the punch, Harmon decided to do the next best thing - build the Blackhawks an arena. Chicago sports promoter Paddy Harmon believed hockey could be big in Chicago and wanted to buy an NHL team. The Old Chicago Stadium - HistoryĬhicago Stadium was built specifically for hockey and specifically for the Blackhawks, who joined the NHL as an expansion team in 1926. And over the years Chicago Blackhawks fans had plenty to be excited about. It may have been the loudest hockey arena in the history of the game - when Chicago fans got excited, you could probably hear them in outer space. We look forward to hearing from you.The old Chicago Stadium - known throughout the Windy City as the “Madhouse on Madison” - was home to the Chicago Blackhawks from 1929 until it closed in 1994. If you have any questions or comments about the information on this site, please contact us. Please keep the family in your prayers and show concern with cards, flowers, your presence, etc. The interment will follow at Stonewall Cemetery. Her funeral service is 1:00 PM Wednesday, at New Bern Eastern Missionary Baptist Association Headquarters 885 Highway 306 N Grantsboro. Viewing hours are 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM Tuesday at Oscar's Mortuary at 1700 Oscar Drive, New Bern, NC. The family will receive friends at the residence. Stonewall, NC died Wednesday at Carolina East Medical Center. Also for JoAnne's strength as she is the caregiver.Ĭousin Glennie Mae Stokes Jenkins, of 15923 Hwy 55 E. Please keep Elsworth Wilson (JoAnne Credle’s brother) and Glennie Jenkins in your prayers. 7, 2020 to at the Red Lion Hotel Harrisburg Hershey The2020 HJS Reunion will be held in Hershey, PA Aug. During a certain period of time, the families who had to go 'downriver'. Our lineage to Sutton and Chloe is through one of those 17children. They were: Hannah, Easter, Dinnah, Eliza, Hollen, Mary, Phebe, Jack,George, Abram, Sutton Jr. We have the names of 13 of thosechildren.
These are the ties that bind us all together and make usone inseparable family: Sutton Jones married Chloe (maiden name unknown), and from this union 17 children were born.
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