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| January 10, 1958 newspaper ad |
The earliest listing I could find for a night club at that location was the 1947 Lorain phone book. Under "Night Clubs" was the listing "Joseph Yepko" with a Stop 48 Lincoln Avenue address.
It wasn't until the 1949 book that the Lincoln Park Night Club name appeared.
Former Lorain Mayor Joseph J. Zahorec and his wife Helen managed the night club from 1954 to 1964.
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| Courtesy Jack Tiller Collection |
Here's an ad from Feb. 1957 (below). Looks like the Music Stylists were regulars there.
Here's one from April 1958 (below) promoting a big Easter Day dance.
Here's one ten years later, from Feb. 1968 (below). It's kinda funny seeing Honest Abe in an ad for his namesake bar.
Around 1975 or 76, the night club changed its name to Big Dick's. That's the name that I remember it as, although my friends and I still referred to it as Lincoln Park (maybe we couldn't bring ourselves to call it by its new name).
The city directories revealed a variety of names after that, including Whammer Jammer Lounge (1980), Yepko's Play Pen (1981-1985), Sneakers (1986-1991), GJ Macaws (1992-?), Chances Night Club and The Flying Machine (late 1990s-?).
The building is still there today, although to look at it you would never know that it was the scene of many good times and happy memories.
The city directories revealed a variety of names after that, including Whammer Jammer Lounge (1980), Yepko's Play Pen (1981-1985), Sneakers (1986-1991), GJ Macaws (1992-?), Chances Night Club and The Flying Machine (late 1990s-?).
The building is still there today, although to look at it you would never know that it was the scene of many good times and happy memories.
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