Springvale Ballroom stands on part of the one hundred and forty acre tract that English immigrant John Biddulph bought in 1840. His grandson Fred Biddulph was born near this site in 1887, and Fred and his wife Clara built the five thousand square foot ballroom. On May 19, 1923, they paid fifteen dollars for the right to open the dancing pavilion, and the first dance was held on May 23rd. A five hole golf course was added to the property in 1928, and later changes included renovation of the ballroom, the addition of a golf office, and expansion to a full eighteen hole course. Ballrooms reached a highpoint of popularity during the 1930s and 1940s as places for social gatherings, and during World War II servicemen on leave paid a nickel a dance at Springvale. Rose, the daughter of Fred and Clara Biddulph, and her husband Bill Scheeff took over management of Springvale when her brother George retired in 1984. Bill served as president of the National Ballroom and Entertainers Association from 1983 to 1985, and Rose served from 1992 to 2001. Couples danced there to the music of Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians and other bands, and the Ed and Mitzy Waring Dance Company instructed and performed there for a number of years. Springvale is one of the oldest continuing ballrooms in Ohio, and the City of North Olmsted purchased it in 1994, saving it from demolition.