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!style="max-width: 50px;"|Number of Seasons
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|1909
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|1911 (fire)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
|Near where the second Old Mill was located
|North part of the Midway
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Archery Range]]
|[[Archery Range]]
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|1930
|1930
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|South of the Red Devil
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|Automatic Theater, Automatic Exhibit
|Automatic Theater, Automatic Exhibit
|1909
|1909
|1911 (fire)
|1909 (replaced)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
|Near where the second Old Mill was located
|Near where the second Old Mill was located
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|1932
|1932
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Band Shell (1)]]
|[[Bandstand (3)|Band Shell (1)]]
|Bandstand, Second Bandstand, Aerodrome, Airdome
|Swimming Pool Band Shell
|1910
|1920
|1931
|1931
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Band Shell (2)]]
|[[Bandstand (4)|Band Shell (2)]]
|Bandstand
|Swimming Pool Band Shell
|1932
|1932
|1937
|1937
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|[[Bandstand (2)|Bandstand (North)]]
|Bandstand, Aerodrome, Airdome
|1910
|1919
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Bandstand (South)]]
|[[Bandstand (1)|Bandstand (South)]]
|Bandstand, First Bandstand
|Bandstand, First Bandstand
|1895
|1895
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|1934
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|Bathhouse
|Bathhouse
|1900
|1900
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|Located in the ravine, across from the boat dock
|Located in the ravine, across from the boat dock
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|[[billiards|Billiards]]
|[[billiards|Billiards]]
|Billiard Room, Billiard Parlor, Pool
|Billiard Room, Billiard Parlor, Pool
|1903
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|[[Midway]], [[Colonnade]]
|[[Midway]], [[Colonnade]]
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|1929
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
|Live animals
|Live animals
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|1896
|1930
|1930
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|[[Boathouse]]
|[[Boathouse]]
|Became the "Canoe Club" in 1913
|Razed and rebuilt and became the "Canoe Club" in 1913
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[bowling alleys|Bowling Alleys]]
|[[bowling alleys|Bowling Alleys]]
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|1896
|1896
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|[[Boathouse]], [[Midway]], [[Colonnade]]
|[[Boathouse]], [[Midway]], [[Colonnade]]
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|[[Cane Rack (Ring Toss)]]
|[[Casino (2)]]
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|[[Casino (Second)]]
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|1922
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|1903
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|1930
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|1937 (park closure)
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|1921
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Crazyhouse]]
|[[Crazy House]]
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|Crazyhouse
|1911
|1911
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|1912
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|1906
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|1899
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|1907
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|1910
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|1911 (fire)
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|Johnstown Flood
|Johnstown Flood
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|1910
|1911 (fire)  
|1911 (fire)
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|Egyptian Mysteries
|Egyptian Mysteries
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|1906
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|[[Colonnade]]
|[[Colonnade]]
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|Japanese Village, Old Japan
|Japanese Village, Old Japan
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|1905
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|Replaced by Swimming Pool
|Replaced by Swimming Pool
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|[[Floral Conservatory|Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse]]
|[[Floral Conservatory|Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse]]
|Palm Garden and Greenhouses
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|1905
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|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
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|1913
|1918
|1921
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
|Enlarged and reopened as the Joy Mill in the early 1920s
|Enlarged and reopened as the Joy Mill in 1922
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Gypsy Camp]]
|[[Gypsy Camp]]
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|Expanded in 1934
|Expanded in 1934
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|[[House of Mystery]]
|[[Hindoo Mystery]]
|House of Hindoo Mystery
|House of Hindoo Mystery, House of Mystery
|1908
|1908
|1908
|1908
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|In Fantasma building
|[[Colonnade]]
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|[[House of Trouble]]
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|1903
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|[[Colonnade]]
|[[Colonnade]]
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|1908
|1908
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|[[Colonnade]]
|[[Colonnade]]
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|[[Joy Mill]]
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|1922
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
|Originally The Fun House
|Originally The Fun House
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Kinetoscope]]
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|1899
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|Shown in the [[Theater]]
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Laughing Gallery]]
|[[Laughing Gallery]]
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|1903
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|[[Mickey Mouse Town]]
|[[Mickey Mouse Town]]
|Mickey Mouse Circus, White Mouse Exhibit
|Mickey Mouse Circus, White Mouse Exhibit
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|1932
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
|style="text-align: center;"|6
|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
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|1911
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|[[Moonlight Gardens]]
|[[Moonlight Gardens]]
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|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|[[Motordrome]]
|[[Motordrome]]
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|[[Motion Picture Building]]
|Motion Picture Exhibit
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|[[Moving Pictures]]
|Motion Picture Exhibit, Motion Picture Building, Theatorium
|Unknown<br />1908 (rebuilt)
|1907 (damaged)<br />Unknown
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|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
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|1926
|1937 (park closure)
|1937 (park closure)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|Castle Mystic
|Castle Mystic
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|[[Colonnade]]
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|[[Colonnade]]
|[[Colonnade]]
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|Arcade
|Arcade
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|[[Colonnade]]
|[[Colonnade]]
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Penny Arcade (Midway)]]
|[[Penny Arcade (Midway)]]
|Arcade, North Arcade and Wonderland
|Arcade, North Arcade
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|1910
|1911 (fire)
|1911 (fire)
|style="text-align: center;"|2
|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
|An arcade was destroyed in the 1911 fire, but an arcade still existed later
|An arcade was destroyed in the 1911 fire, but an arcade still existed later
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|[[Photographic Gallery]]
|[[Photographic Gallery (1)]]
|Photo Booth
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|[[Photographic Gallery (2)]]
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|1906
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|1907 (fire)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|[[Stereopticon Views]]
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|Shown in the [[Theater]]
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|[[Swimming Pool]]
|[[Swimming Pool]]
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|1937 (park closure)
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|1911 (fire)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|1899
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|[[Theatorium]]
|Motion Picture Exhibit, Motion Picture Building
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|1907 (fire)
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|1911
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|1911 (fire)
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|[[Midway]]
|[[Midway]]
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|Replaced Arcadia
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
|data-sort-value="Zoo"|[[The Zoo]]
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Latest revision as of 19:50, 6 August 2025

Here is a list of attractions that were at Olentangy Park:

Attraction Name a.k.a. Opened Closed Number of Seasons Part of Notes
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 (1) Swimming Pool Band Shell 1920 1931 12
Band Shell (2) 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 1906 7 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 1908 3 Colonnade
Fair Japan Japanese Village, Old Japan 1905 1914 10 Replaced by Swimming Pool
Fantasma 1906 1908 3
Flea Circus
Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse 1905 The Zoo
The Fun House 1913 1921 9 Midway Enlarged and reopened as the Joy Mill in 1922
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 1922 1937 (park closure) 16 Midway Originally The Fun House
Kinetoscope 1899 Shown in the Theater
Laughing Gallery 1903 1906 4 Midway
Mickey Mouse Town Mickey Mouse Circus, White Mouse Exhibit 1932 1937 (park closure) 6 The Zoo
Millrace and Fish Pond 1911
Moonlight Gardens 1925 1937 (park closure) 13
Motordrome 1915
Motion Picture Building Motion Picture Exhibit 1908
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 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 (1) Photo Booth
Photographic Gallery (2) 1906 1907 (fire) 2
Photographic Gallery (3)
Rifle Range 1929 1937 (park closure) 9 Midway
Roller Skating Rink (Building) 1906 1906 1
Roller Skating Rink (Portable) 1915 1915 (death/moved) 1 Midway
Scenic Temple 1908
Shooting Gallery
Shuffle Boards
Snake Den 1908
Stereopticon Views 1899 Shown in the Theater
Swimming Pool Bathing Pool 1917 1937 (park closure) 21
Temple of Mirth 1906 1911 (fire) 6 Midway
Theater 1899 1932 34
Theatorium Motion Picture Exhibit, Motion Picture Building 1906 1907 (fire) 1
The Third Degree 1906 1906 1
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) 34