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| name          = Outdoor Ballroom
| name          = Outdoor Ballroom
| othernames    = Outdoor Dancing Pavilion
| type          = Music and Performances<br />Activity Space
| type          = Music and Performances<br />Activity Space
| section        = South End
| section        = South End
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The [[Ballroom (Outdoor)|Outdoor Ballroom]] at Olentangy Park was an open space near the Colonnade that opened in 1929. Built by the Haenlein Brothers after purchasing the park in 1929, it was half as long as the Ohio State University football field.<ref>Sagstetter, Eugene P. "Remember Olentangy Park?" ''Columbus Sunday Dispatch Magazine.'' 6 June 1954. Pg. 119.</ref> Eddie Powell Dance Studio provided free dance lessons sometime after opening.<ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian.'' Vol. 1. April 1984. Pg. 15.</ref>
The [[Ballroom (Outdoor)|Outdoor Ballroom]] or '''Outdoor Dancing Pavilion''' at Olentangy Park was an open space near the Colonnade that opened in 1929. Built by the Haenlein Brothers after purchasing the park in 1929, it was half as long as the Ohio State University football field.<ref>Sagstetter, Eugene P. "Remember Olentangy Park?" ''Columbus Sunday Dispatch Magazine.'' 6 June 1954. Pg. 119.</ref> Eddie Powell Dance Studio provided free dance lessons sometime after opening.<ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian.'' Vol. 1. April 1984. Pg. 15.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 03:25, 21 June 2024

Outdoor Ballroom
Other Name(s) Outdoor Dancing Pavilion
Type Music and Performances
Activity Space
Park Section South End
Opened 1929
Closed Unknown

The Outdoor Ballroom or Outdoor Dancing Pavilion at Olentangy Park was an open space near the Colonnade that opened in 1929. Built by the Haenlein Brothers after purchasing the park in 1929, it was half as long as the Ohio State University football field.[1] Eddie Powell Dance Studio provided free dance lessons sometime after opening.[2]

References

  1. Sagstetter, Eugene P. "Remember Olentangy Park?" Columbus Sunday Dispatch Magazine. 6 June 1954. Pg. 119.
  2. Barret, Richard E. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian. Vol. 1. April 1984. Pg. 15.