Keller Street abandoned property (West, Howe: motels, homes, swimming pool)

[Karen Anne RN]

This was a long time ago, but maybe someone remembers.

On Keller Street there was a huge abandoned property, many acres, that included a 2 story structure, and an old broken up, in-ground swimming pool. I believe this was on the North side of Keller Street, and on the property looking to the West you could see a long way, as it was up high, on a hill. Around 1967.

The 2 story structure was impossible for me to identify. The upper story had 5 - 8 rooms that had doors that opened onto a balcony, like you might see at some motels. However, these doors also had outer doors made of metal poles, like you would see on the front doors of some homes today... security doors ?? But this was so many decades before security type doors were made.

On the first floor, at the East end was a huge round room (with nothing in it,) large enough to skate in, or ride bicycles in, as was evident on the (rock ?? cement ??) floor, where there were many chalk drawings; graffiti, a huge Star of David, etc.

Does anyone know what this place originally was ?

Edit: Oh, geez, I'm still looking at Google Earth, and now realize that the name of the street may have been Jackson Keller Road. Or Keller Street, I don't know which. And don't have a clue how to edit the title of this thread