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The [[Joy Mill]] was a funhouse attraction originally built as [[The Fun House]] at Olentangy Park and enlarged and renamed in the early 1920s.<ref>"New Amusement Devices." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' April 30, 1922. Page 8.</ref><ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. 1984. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian Vol. 1,'' April 1984. Pg. 11.</ref> It was built across from Kelso Road, on the location of the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] ride<ref>"Joy Mill to Be Free Ride for Dispatch Picnickers." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 13, 1929. Page 7.</ref><ref>''General Map, The Olentangy Amusement Co., Columbus, Ohio,'' 1924.</ref><ref name="sanborn1922">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, - 1922 Vol. 3, 1922, 1922. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_008/.</ref> that burned down in 1911.
The [[Joy Mill]] was a funhouse attraction originally built as [[The Fun House]] at Olentangy Park and enlarged and renamed in the early 1920s.<ref>"New Amusement Devices." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' April 30, 1922. Page 8.</ref><ref name="historian">Barrett, Richard E. 1984. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 1,'' April 1984. Page 11.</ref> It was built across from Kelso Road, on the location of the first [[Ye Olde Mill (1)|Ye Olde Mill]] ride<ref>"Joy Mill to Be Free Ride for Dispatch Picnickers." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' July 13, 1929. Page 7.</ref><ref>''General Map, The Olentangy Amusement Co., Columbus, Ohio,'' 1924.</ref><ref name="sanborn1922">''Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.'' Sanborn Map Company, - 1922 Vol. 3, 1922, 1922. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_008/.</ref> that burned down in 1911.


The attraction was one of the many sold off by the Cleveland Wrecking Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1938 after the park closed the year prior.<ref>Advertisement. 1938. ''The Billboard,'' May 14, 1938. Page 45. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1938-05-14_50_20/page/44</ref><ref name="map">Franklin Survey Co. Map. 1937. ''City of Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio,'' Vol. 1. Accessed through Ebay.com https://www.ebay.com/itm/235251834706</ref>
The attraction was one of the many sold off by the Cleveland Wrecking Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1938 after the park closed the year prior.<ref>Advertisement. 1938. ''The Billboard,'' May 14, 1938. Page 45. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1938-05-14_50_20/page/44</ref><ref name="map">Franklin Survey Co. Map. 1937. ''City of Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio,'' Vol. 1. Accessed through Ebay.com https://www.ebay.com/itm/235251834706</ref>

Revision as of 02:05, 27 December 2024

Joy Mill
Type Funhouse
Park Section Midway
Built 1913
Opened Early 1920s
Closed 1937 (park closure)
Frame Wood
Number of Stories 2

The Joy Mill was a funhouse attraction originally built as The Fun House at Olentangy Park and enlarged and renamed in the early 1920s.[1][2] It was built across from Kelso Road, on the location of the first Ye Olde Mill ride[3][4][5] that burned down in 1911.

The attraction was one of the many sold off by the Cleveland Wrecking Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1938 after the park closed the year prior.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "New Amusement Devices." The Columbus Dispatch, April 30, 1922. Page 8.
  2. ↑ Barrett, Richard E. 1984. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 1, April 1984. Page 11.
  3. ↑ "Joy Mill to Be Free Ride for Dispatch Picnickers." Columbus Evening Dispatch, July 13, 1929. Page 7.
  4. ↑ General Map, The Olentangy Amusement Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1924.
  5. ↑ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, - 1922 Vol. 3, 1922, 1922. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_008/.
  6. ↑ Advertisement. 1938. The Billboard, May 14, 1938. Page 45. Accessed through the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1938-05-14_50_20/page/44
  7. ↑ Franklin Survey Co. Map. 1937. City of Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, Vol. 1. Accessed through Ebay.com https://www.ebay.com/itm/235251834706


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