1914 Season

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1914 Season Season

Leadership	Joseph W. Dusenbury Will J. Dusenbury
Stock Company	Vaughan Glaser Stock Company
Park Size	125 acres

The Olentangy Park and Theater opened for the 1914 season on...

Notable Happenings

Dusenbury Acquisition of the Grand

The owner of the Grand Theater (also known as Thomas Theater), Helen Chittenden Ziegler, leased the theater to the Dusenbury Brothers for 30 years beginning May 1. They planned improvements of $150,000 ($4.7 million in 2024), mainly for remodeling. After being condemned by the fire marshal, they planned to remove the balcony and gallery and replace them with a new reinforced concrete balcony. They also planned to rebuild the lobby, tear out the boxes, enlarge and extend the stage, install new seats, and redecorate and refurbish the entire theater. The building was to get new elevators, remodeling of the seven storerooms on the ground floor, repainting and overhauling the five floors above the storerooms and a general rearrangement of the rooms and halls. The Dusenbury Brothers rented the theater for $15,000 ($473,500) a year for the first twenty years and $16,500 ($520,845) per year for the following ten. They will have the option to buy the property at the end of their lease. The Dusenburys planned to have the theater be a motion picture house. With this acquisition, the brothers became Columbus's most prominent theater owners and lessees. They also controlled the Southern Theater, the Vernon Theater, the Olentangy Park Theater, and the Colonial Theater, which had been operating as a motion picture house.

Rides and Attractions

List of Rides and Attractions

• Arena
• Band Shell
• Bathing Pavilion
• Boathouse
• Bowling alleys
• Carousel
• Children's Playground
• Circle Swing
• Colonnade
  • Egyptian Mystery
  • Gypsy Camp
  • Penny Arcade (Colonnade)
• Dancing Pavilion
• Double Whirl
• Electric Autos
• Ferris Wheel
• Figure Eight Toboggan
• Floral Conservatory & Greenhouse
• The Fun House
• Japanese Village and Garden
• Loop-the-Loop
• Merry-Go-Round (1)
• Merry-Go-Round (3)
• Millrace and Fish Pond
• Miniature Railway
• Motion Picture Exhibit
• Museum of Ornithology
• Ocean Wave
• Palm Garden
• Pony and Camel Track
• Scenic Coaster
• Shoot-the-Chutes
• Shooting Gallery
• Snake Den
• Swings
• Water Toboggan
• Whirlwind
• Zoological Garden

Theater, Vaudeville, and Stunt Performances

Olentangy Park Theater

Main Article: Olentangy Park Casino and Theater

Activities

List of Activities

• Baseball
• Bathing
• Billiards
• Boating
• Bowling - All year activity
• Dancing
• Dining and Refreshments
• Football
• Fortune Telling
• General Games
• Moving Pictures
• Picnics
• Pony Rides
• Swimming