Motion Picture Building

From Olentangy Park Wiki
Revision as of 00:30, 16 November 2025 by Parkadmin (talk | contribs) (Added info)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Motion Picture Building
Other Name(s) Motion Picture Exhibit
Type Exhibition
Park Section North
Built 1908
Opened 1908
Closed Unknown
Frame Wood
Number of Stories 1

The Motion Picture Building or Motion Picture Exhibit opened on May 2, 1908, at Olentangy Park. It was a year after the Theatorium burned down.[1][2]

This could be another name for the Scenic Temple, part of the same building seen north of the first Ye Old Mill.[3][4]

See Also

References

  1. "Olentangy Park Concerts." Columbus Evening Dispatch. May 2, 1908. Page 10.
  2. Barrett, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian, No. 3. May 1985. Page 39.
  3. Photograph. "Panoramic views of Olentangy Park showing many new amusement structures being erected on newly acquired tract of 25 acres to north." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch. March 28, 1909. Page 1.
  4. Postcard. Park View and Band Stand, Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio. Postmarked Sept. 23, 1908. Published by The American News Company, New York. Accessed through The Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.