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| name          = The Fun House
| name          = The Fun House
| type          = Funhouse
| type          = Funhouse
| section        = Midway, North
| section        = Midway
| built          = 1913
| built          = 1913
| opened        = 1913
| opened        = May 18, 1913
| closed        = Unknown
| closed        = Unknown
| manufacturer  = C. Rarick
| manufacturer  = C. Rarick
| designer      = C. Rarick
| designer      = C. Rarick
| length        = 75 ft. (23 m)
| length        = 75 feet (23 meters)
| width          = 50 ft. (15.2 m)
| width          = 50 feet (15.2 meters)
| numstories    = 2
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[[The Fun House]] was an attraction built just north of the [[Dancing Pavilion (Second)|second Dancing Pavilion]] in 1913 by C. Rarick. It included a human roulette wheel, bull-moose glide, rolling waves, funny stairs, electric floor, rainstorm, wire maze, comic slides, and more.<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 13 April 1913. Pg. 45.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 27 April 1913. Pg. 51.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 18 May 1913. Pg. 41.</ref><ref>"Summer Opening of Olentangy Park." ''Marysville Journal-Tribune (Marysville, OH).'' 15 April 1913. Pg. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/marysville-journal-tribune-summer-openin/123751335/</ref> The contract with the Dusenbury Brothers was for five years<ref>''Franklin County Recorder.'' (OHiO) 191304215640275. Olentangy Park Company to C. Rarick. 21 April 1913. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref> and possibly became the [[Joy Mill]], but it is listed separately in some sources in the 1920s.
[[The Fun House]] was an attraction at Olentangy Park, built just north of the [[Dancing Pavilion (2)|second Dancing Pavilion]] by C. Rarick. Opening on May 18, 1913,<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' May 18, 1913. Page 5.</ref> it included a human roulette wheel, bull-moose glide, rolling waves, funny stairs, an electric floor, a rainstorm, a wire maze, comic slides, and more.<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 13, 1913. Page 5.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' April 23, 1913. Page 18.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 27, 1913. Page 5.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' May 18, 1913. Page 41.</ref><ref>"Summer Opening of Olentangy Park." ''Marysville Journal-Tribune (Marysville, Ohio),'' April 15, 1913. Page 4. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/marysville-journal-tribune-summer-openin/123751335/</ref> The contract with the Dusenbury Brothers was for five years<ref>"Olentangy Park Company to C. Rarick." ''Franklin County Recorder,'' 191304215640275. April 21, 1913. Accessed on February 15, 2022.</ref>. The building was enlarged and renamed the [[Joy Mill]] in the early 1920s,<ref>"New Amusement Devices." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' April 30, 1922. Page 8.</ref> sometimes called "The Fun House and Joy Mill".<ref>"State Fair Week Amusements." ''The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio),'' August 26, 1921. Page 7. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-state-fair-week/161669507/</ref>


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [[Crazy House]]
* [[Joy Mill|The Joy Mill]]
* [[Joy Mill|The Joy Mill]]


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Revision as of 21:31, 27 December 2024

The Fun House
Type Funhouse
Park Section Midway
Built 1913
Opened May 18, 1913
Closed Unknown
Manufacturer C. Rarick
Designer C. Rarick
Length 75 feet (23 meters)
Width 50 feet (15.2 meters)
Number of Stories 2

The Fun House was an attraction at Olentangy Park, built just north of the second Dancing Pavilion by C. Rarick. Opening on May 18, 1913,[1] it included a human roulette wheel, bull-moose glide, rolling waves, funny stairs, an electric floor, a rainstorm, a wire maze, comic slides, and more.[2][3][4][5][6] The contract with the Dusenbury Brothers was for five years[7]. The building was enlarged and renamed the Joy Mill in the early 1920s,[8] sometimes called "The Fun House and Joy Mill".[9]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, May 18, 1913. Page 5.
  2. ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 13, 1913. Page 5.
  3. ↑ "Olentangy Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch, April 23, 1913. Page 18.
  4. ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 27, 1913. Page 5.
  5. ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, May 18, 1913. Page 41.
  6. ↑ "Summer Opening of Olentangy Park." Marysville Journal-Tribune (Marysville, Ohio), April 15, 1913. Page 4. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/marysville-journal-tribune-summer-openin/123751335/
  7. ↑ "Olentangy Park Company to C. Rarick." Franklin County Recorder, 191304215640275. April 21, 1913. Accessed on February 15, 2022.
  8. ↑ "New Amusement Devices." The Columbus Dispatch, April 30, 1922. Page 8.
  9. ↑ "State Fair Week Amusements." The Union County Journal (Marysville, Ohio), August 26, 1921. Page 7. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-union-county-journal-state-fair-week/161669507/


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