List of Attractions
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Here is a list of attractions that were at Olentangy Park:
Attraction Name | a.k.a. | Opened | Closed | Number of Seasons | Part of | Notes |
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Amphitheater | Open-Air Theater | 1921 | ||||
Arcadia | 1909 | 1910 (Replaced) | 2 | Midway | North part of the Midway | |
Archery Range | 1930 | 1937 (park closure) | 8 | South of the Red Devil | ||
Arena | ||||||
Automatic Vaudeville | Automatic Theater, Automatic Exhibit | 1909 | 1909 (Replaced) | 1 | Midway | Near where the second Old Mill was located |
Baby Farm | 1932 | 1937 (park closure) | 6 | |||
Band Shell | Swimming Pool Band Shell | 1920 | 1931 | 12 | ||
Band Shell | Swimming Pool Band Shell | 1932 | 1937 | 6 | ||
Bandstand (North) | Bandstand, Aerodrome, Airdome | 1910 | 1919 | 10 | ||
Bandstand (South) | Bandstand, First Bandstand | 1895 | ||||
Ball Grounds | Baseball Grounds | 1895 | ||||
Ballroom (Outdoor) | 1929 | |||||
Baseball Diamond | 1934 | 1937 (park closure) | 4 | |||
Bathing Pavilion | Bathhouse | 1900 | Located in the ravine, across from the boat dock | |||
Billiards | Billiard Room, Billiard Parlor, Pool | 1903 | Midway, Colonnade | |||
Birdland | Aviary, Bird-Land | 1929 | 1937 (park closure) | 9 | The Zoo | Live animals |
Boathouse | Olentangy Canoe Club, Lake House | 1896 | 1930 | 35 | Boathouse | Razed and rebuilt and became the "Canoe Club" in 1913 |
Bowling Alleys | 1896 | Boathouse, Midway, Colonnade | ||||
Box Ball Alleys | ||||||
Casino (2) | 1922 | |||||
Cave of the Winds | 1903 | 1903 | 1 | |||
Checkerboard (Outdoor) | Giant Checkerboard | 1930 | 1937 (park closure) | 8 | ||
Children's Playground | Kiddyland | 1921 | ||||
Colonnade | Colonade | 1904 | 1921 | 18 | ||
Crazy House | Crazyhouse | 1911 | 1912 | 2 | Midway | |
Creation or The Great Hereafter | Hereafter | 1906 | 1906 | 1 | ||
Crystal Maze | 1899 | 1903 | 5 | |||
Dancing Pavilion (1) | 1896 | 1905 (moved) | 10 | |||
Dancing Pavilion (2) | Ballroom | 1907 | 1937 (park closure) | 31 | Midway | |
Dear Old Coney Island | Coney Island | 1910 | 1911 (fire) | 2 | ||
The Destruction of Johnstown | Johnstown Flood | 1910 | 1911 (fire) | 2 | ||
Egyptian Mystery | Egyptian Mysteries | 1906 | 1910 | 5 | Colonnade | |
Fair Japan | Japanese Village, Old Japan | 1905 | 1913 | 9 | Replaced by Swimming Pool | |
Fantasma | 1906 | 1908 | 3 | |||
Flea Circus | ||||||
Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse | 1905 | The Zoo | ||||
The Fun House | 1913 | Midway | Enlarged and reopened as the Joy Mill in the early 1920s | |||
Gypsy Camp | 1907 | |||||
Horseshoe Courts | 1929 | 1937 (park closure) | 9 | Expanded in 1934 | ||
Hindoo Mystery | House of Hindoo Mystery, House of Mystery | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | Colonnade | |
House of Trouble | 1903 | 1903 | 1 | |||
House That Jack Built | 1904 | 1905 | 2 | Colonnade | ||
Infant Incubator | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | Colonnade | ||
Japanese Ballroom | 1937 (park closure) | |||||
Joy Mill | Early 1920s | 1937 (park closure) | Midway | Originally The Fun House | ||
Laughing Gallery | 1903 | 1906 | 4 | Midway | ||
Mickey Mouse Town | Mickey Mouse Circus, White Mouse Exhibit | 1937 (park closure) | The Zoo | |||
Millrace and Fish Pond | 1911 | |||||
Moonlight Gardens | 1937 (park closure) | |||||
Motordrome | 1915 | |||||
Moving Pictures | Motion Picture Exhibit, Motion Picture Building, Theatorium | Unknown 1908 (rebuilt) |
1907 (damaged) Unknown |
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Museum of Ornithology | Bird Land and Aviary | 1903 | 1908 | 6 | The Zoo | |
Mysterious Sensation | 1926 | 1937 (park closure) | 12 | Midway | ||
Mystic Castle | Castle Mystic | 1904 | 1906 | 3 | Midway | |
Oriental Palmistry | Colonnade | |||||
Palace of Illusions | 1904 | 1905 | 2 | Colonnade | ||
Palm Garden | 1904 | |||||
Panama Canal Exhibit | 1909 | 1909 | 1 | |||
Penny Arcade (Colonnade) | Arcade | 1904 | 1921 (before) | 18 | Colonnade | |
Penny Arcade (Midway) | Arcade, North Arcade | 1910 | 1911 (fire) | 2 | Midway | An arcade was destroyed in the 1911 fire, but an arcade still existed later |
Photographic Gallery | 1906 | 1907 (fire) | 2 | |||
Rifle Range | 1929 | 1937 (park closure) | 9 | Midway | ||
Roller Skating Rink (Building) | 1906 | 1906 | 1 | |||
Roller Skating Rink (Portable) | 1915 | 1915 (Death) | 1 | Midway | ||
Scenic Temple | 1908 | |||||
Shooting Gallery | ||||||
Shuffle Boards | ||||||
Snake Den | 1908 | |||||
Swimming Pool | Bathing Pool | 1917 | 1937 (park closure) | 21 | ||
Temple of Mirth | 1906 | 1911 (fire) | 6 | Midway | ||
Theater | 1899 | 1927 (fire) | 29 | |||
The Third Degree | 1906 | |||||
Tom Thumb Miniature Golf | Miniature Golf | 1930 | ||||
Tours of the World | 1906 | 1907 (fire) | 2 | |||
Whirl-o-Ball | 1930 | |||||
Wonderland | 1911 | 1911 (fire) | 1 | Midway | Replaced Arcadia | |
The Zoo | Zoological Gardens | 1903 | 1937 (park closure) |