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| {{Infobox attraction
| | #REDIRECT [[Dancing Pavilion (2)]] |
| | name = Dancing Pavilion
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| | type = Music and Performances
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| | othernames = Ballroom<br />Second Dancing Pavilion<br />Dancing Hall<br />Second Dance Hall
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| | section = Northeast
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| | built = 1906
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| | opened = 1907
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| | closed = 1937 (Park closure)
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| | frame = Steel
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| | fires = 1911
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| | width = 22 ft. (6.7 m)
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| | length = 180 ft. (55 m)
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| | architect = Frank L. Packard
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| }}
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| The second [[Dancing Pavilion (Second)|Dancing Pavilion]] at Olentangy Park was built just south of the [[Old Mill]] in 1906<ref>"Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 15 April 1905. Pg. 7.</ref><ref name="logan">"Olentangy Park." ''The Democrat-Sentinel (Logan, OH).'' 14 June 1906. Pg. 2. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democrat-sentinel-olentangy-park-pa/1634143/ Clip 1] | [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democrat-sentinel-olentangy-park-pa/1634148/ Clip 2]</ref> and opened for the following season on June 22, 1907.<ref>"Olentangy Park loop the loop ride and Dancing Pavilion." ''Columbus Neighborhoods.'' Photo. 1 August 2013. Accessed 17 April 2022. [https://columbusneighborhoods.org/photograph/olentangy-park-loop-the-loop-ride-and-dancing-pavilion/]</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 15 April 1906. Pg. 7.</ref><ref name="candb">Hyatt, Shirley. ''Clintonville and Beechwold.'' Arcadia Publishing, 2009.</ref><ref name="June201907">"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 20 June 1907. Pg. 4.</ref> There was dancing every afternoon and evening as well as dancing instructions for women and children for an hour in the afternoons.<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 7 July 1907. Pg. 17.</ref> The [[Loop-the-Loop]] and [[Circle Swing]] were built just south of the building. In 1909, the City of Columbus attempted to annex the Clinton Township land the park was near. The first ordinance took 150-foot strip of the park along High Street. The seventh and last ordinance took only a 125-foot strip, giving the original 25 feet to allow the Dancing Pavilion and all other amusements at the park to be outside of the city.<ref>"Seventh and Last of Annexation Measures Passed." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 27 November 1909. Pg. 2.</ref> It has been said that half the building fell inside the boundaries of the City of Columbus, which had strict laws regarding public dancing spaces. At midnight, the dancers moved to the Franklin County side of the dance floor.<ref name="candb" />
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| ==Description==
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| Frank L. Packard drew the designs of the building which had Swiss-style architecture<ref>"At Work on Pavilion." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 29 April 1905. Pg. 13.</ref> and a maple floor.<ref>"Improvements in Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 18 March 1906. Pg. 31.</ref> Fancy glass windows were added in 1910 to provide comfort in different types of weather.<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 10 April 1910. Pg. 37.</ref> In 1920, the dance floor was enlarged, making it the largest in the State of Ohio.<ref name="June201907" /> A new check room was installed along with a lunch room and huge fountain, worked by 12 men, where parkgoers could purchase soft drinks.<ref>"At the Dance Pavilion." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 2 June 1920. Pg. 28.</ref> Cushioned seats stood near the windows.<ref>Clemens, Allen B. "Pulling One of Satan's Claws." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 4 June 1920. Pg. 4.</ref> A Page console organ was added to the ballroom and installed by Page Organ Corp. from Lima, Ohio.<ref>Ad. ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 8 June 1930. Pg. 57.</ref>
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| ==Fires==
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| In 1907, water from the Old Mill protected the Dancing Pavilion.<ref>"Boy Leads His Two Sisters Out of a Fire at Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 5 July 1907. Pg. 13.</ref> The fire that started in the neighboring Old Mill in July 1911 that destroyed five buildings only burned part of the Dancing Pavilion due to its steel frame. However, the floor was damaged further by the water used to put out the flames.<ref>"Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 17 July 1911. Pg. 1.</ref> The floor was redressed and repolished for the 1913 season.<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 27 April 1913. Pg. 51.</ref>
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| == Gallery==
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| File:ParkPano NewspaperPhoto ColumbusEveningDispatch.jpg|alt=A panoramic photo of new rides nearing completion in the Columbus Sunday Dispatch on March 28, 1909. Rides and attractions shown: Whirlwind, Shoot-the-Chutes, the Midway including the original Ye Olde Mill and Dancing Pavilion.|A panoramic photo of new rides nearing completion in the ''Columbus Sunday Dispatch'' on March 28, 1909. Rides and attractions shown: [[Whirlwind]], [[Shoot-the-Chutes]], the [[Midway]] including the original [[Ye Olde Mill (First)|Ye Olde Mill]] and second Dancing Pavilion.
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| File:Midway Photo OhioMemory.jpg|alt=The Midway at Olentangy Park with the second Ye Olde Mill, Mysterious Sensation, Joy Mill, and second Dancing Pavilion.|The [[Midway]] at Olentangy Park with the second [[Ye Olde Mill (First)|Ye Olde Mill]], [[Mysterious Sensation]], [[Joy Mill]], and second Dancing Pavilion.
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| </gallery>
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Dancing Pavilion (First)|First Dancing Pavilion]]
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Attractions]]
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| [[Category:Music and Performance Attractions]]
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| [[Category:Midway]]
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| [[Category:Added in 1907]]
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| [[Category:Closed in 1937]]
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