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The [[Crystal Maze]] was a mirror funhouse that opened at Olentangy Park in [[1899 Season|1899]]<ref>"Olentangy Park Started as Beer Garden in '90's." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' August 30, 1931. Page 18-G.</ref> and closed around 1903.
The [[Crystal Maze]] was a mirror funhouse that opened at Olentangy Park in [[1899 Season|1899]]<ref>"Olentangy Park Started as Beer Garden in '90's." ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' Aug. 30, 1931. Page 18-G.</ref> and closed around 1903.


== Description ==
== Description ==
The building was a standalone structure that was 27 by 40 feet. (8 x 12 meters). Sixty 4-by-7-foot. (1.3 x 2.3 m) plate glass mirrors made the building appear much larger than it was. It created several reflections of the visitors that move in all directions. There were false doors, causing other visitors to laugh when someone ran into a pane of glass.<ref name=":0">"Olentangy Park: The Crystal Maze." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' June 30, 1899. Page 11.</ref><ref name="crystalmaze">"Olentangy Park: The Theater." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 1, 1899. Page 12.</ref>
The building was a standalone structure that was {{Tooltip |text = 27 feet|tooltip = 8 meters}} wide and {{Tooltip |text = 40 feet|tooltip = 12 meters}} long. Sixty {{Tooltip |text = 4-by-7-foot|tooltip = 1.3 by 2.3 meters}} plate glass mirrors made the building appear much larger than it was. It created several reflections of the visitors that move in all directions. There were false doors, causing other visitors to laugh when someone ran into a pane of glass.<ref name=":0">"Olentangy Park: The Crystal Maze." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' June 30, 1899. Page 11.</ref><ref name="crystalmaze">"Olentangy Park: The Theater." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' July 1, 1899. Page 12.</ref>


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>
Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.<ref name=":0" /> According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the [[Shooting Gallery]] and southeast of the [[Olentangy Park Casino and Theater|theater]].<ref name="sanborn1901">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.</ref><ref name="sanborn1901-2">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464</ref>
 
== Possible Related Patents ==
* Mirror maze. (Oct. 24, 1893) U.S. Patent No. 507,159 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Palm, G. Von Prittwitz. 1893. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 507,159. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlhquyhVf_0jAdJqOaQfU2pBGLi9Igfl/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>
* Mirror maze. (Sept. 3, 1895) U.S. Patent No. 545,678 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]<ref>Castan, G. 1895. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 545,678. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YokupJBu6h7_jqKKJ4fI8BCWUHsrBSLx/view?usp=sharing PDF]</ref>


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Latest revision as of 02:58, 4 July 2025

Crystal Maze
Type Funhouse
Park Section Center
Built 1899
Opened 1899
Closed 1903
Length 40 feet (12 meters)
Width 27 feet (8 meters)
Number of Stories 1

The Crystal Maze was a mirror funhouse that opened at Olentangy Park in 1899[1] and closed around 1903.

Description

The building was a standalone structure that was 27 feet8 meters wide and 40 feet12 meters long. Sixty 4-by-7-foot1.3 by 2.3 meters plate glass mirrors made the building appear much larger than it was. It created several reflections of the visitors that move in all directions. There were false doors, causing other visitors to laugh when someone ran into a pane of glass.[2][3]

Locations

Before being installed at Olentangy Park, a version of the Crystal Maze was at Cleveland's Euclid Beach for three years and was part of a growing fad at the time.[2] According to the 1901 Sanborn Map, the building was an enclosed frame structure just north of the footbridge next to the Shooting Gallery and southeast of the theater.[4][5]

  • Mirror maze. (Oct. 24, 1893) U.S. Patent No. 507,159 PDF[6]
  • Mirror maze. (Sept. 3, 1895) U.S. Patent No. 545,678 PDF[7]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "Olentangy Park Started as Beer Garden in '90's." The Columbus Dispatch. Aug. 30, 1931. Page 18-G.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Olentangy Park: The Crystal Maze." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch. June 30, 1899. Page 11.
  3. ↑ "Olentangy Park: The Theater." Columbus Evening Dispatch. July 1, 1899. Page 12.
  4. ↑ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.
  5. ↑ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464
  6. ↑ Palm, G. Von Prittwitz. 1893. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 507,159. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office PDF
  7. ↑ Castan, G. 1895. "Mirror maze." U.S. Patent No. 545,678. Accessed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office PDF


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