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Revision as of 21:22, 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]

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.