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{{Infobox attraction
{{Infobox attraction
| name          = Motion Picture Building
| name          = Motion Picture Building
| othernames    = Motion Picture Exhibit<br />Theatorium
| othernames    = Motion Picture Exhibit
| type          = Exhibition
| type          = Exhibition
| section        = North
| section        = North
| built          = Unknown
| built          = 1908
| opened        = Unknown
| opened        = 1908
| closed        = Unknown
| closed        = Unknown
| fires          = 1907
| frame          = Wood
| frame          = Wood
| numstories    = 1
| numstories    = 1
}}
}}


'''Moving Pictures''' or '''Motion Pictures''' were very popular at Olentangy Park. There was a '''Theatorium''' attraction, also known as the '''Motion Picture Exhibit''' or '''Motion Picture Building'''. The July 1907 fire that destroyed the first building (the Theatorium) was started by a firecracker thrown onto the roof. It destroyed the primary Theatorium building<ref>"Boy Leads His Two Sisters Out of a Fire at Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 5 July 1907. Pg. 13.</ref> and spread to other nearby exhibits like [[Tours of the World|Hale's Tours of the World]] and the [[Photographic Gallery]]. The motion picture building was rebuilt the following year as the Motion Picture Exhibit. It reopened on May 2, 1908.<ref>"Olentangy Park Concerts." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 2 May 1908. Pg. 10.</ref><ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian. Vol. 3.'' May 1985. Pg. 39.</ref>
The '''Motion Picture Building''' or '''Motion Picture Exhibit''' opened on May 2, 1908, at Olentangy Park. It was a year after the [[Theatorium]] burned down.<ref>"Olentangy Park Concerts." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' May 2, 1908. Page 10.</ref><ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian, No. 3.'' May 1985. Page 39.</ref>
 
This could be another name for the [[Scenic Temple]], part of the same building seen north of the [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|first Ye Old Mill]].<ref>Photograph. "Panoramic views of Olentangy Park showing many new amusement structures being erected on newly acquired tract of 25 acres to north." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' March 28, 1909. Page 1.</ref><ref>Postcard. ''[https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/1133 Park View and Band Stand, Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio.]'' Postmarked Sept. 23, 1908. Published by The American News Company, New York. Accessed through The Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.</ref>
 
== See Also ==
* [[Theatorium]]


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Latest revision as of 00:39, 16 November 2025

Motion Picture Building
Other Name(s) Motion Picture Exhibit
Type Exhibition
Park Section North
Built 1908
Opened 1908
Closed Unknown
Frame Wood
Number of Stories 1

The Motion Picture Building or Motion Picture Exhibit opened on May 2, 1908, at Olentangy Park. It was a year after the Theatorium burned down.[1][2]

This could be another name for the Scenic Temple, part of the same building seen north of the first Ye Old Mill.[3][4]

See Also

References

  1. "Olentangy Park Concerts." Columbus Evening Dispatch. May 2, 1908. Page 10.
  2. Barrett, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian, No. 3. May 1985. Page 39.
  3. Photograph. "Panoramic views of Olentangy Park showing many new amusement structures being erected on newly acquired tract of 25 acres to north." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch. March 28, 1909. Page 1.
  4. Postcard. Park View and Band Stand, Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio. Postmarked Sept. 23, 1908. Published by The American News Company, New York. Accessed through The Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.