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 Sunday, May 3, 1914.[1][2]

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.[3]

Engine Room Fire

A painter put their paint-covered overalls on a boiler, resulting in a fire that caused $700 ($22,100 in 2024) in damage. Joseph Katona, the park florist, used a small hose to save the greenhouses and keep the fire from spreading.[4]

Rides and Attractions

List of Rides and Attractions

Theater, Vaudeville, and Stunt Performances

Olentangy Park Theater

Main Article: Olentangy Park Casino and Theater

Music

Activities

List of Activities

References

  1. ↑ Advertisement. The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 19, 1914. Page 30.
  2. ↑ "Olentangy." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 19, 1914. Page 5.
  3. ↑ "Grand Theater Will Be Leased to Dusenburys." Columbus Evening Dispatch, April 11, 1914. Pages 1-2.
  4. ↑ "$700 Fire Loss at Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch, April 15, 1914. Page 3.


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