Scenic Temple: Difference between revisions

From Olentangy Park Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
Added info
Line 8: Line 8:
}}
}}


An building once called the [[Scenic Temple]] at Olentangy Park opened on Memorial Day, May 30, [[1908 Season|1908]].<ref name="ad">Advertisement, ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' May 24, 1908. Page 12.</ref> Little is known about the attraction other than that it showed "Battle Scenes of the Republic,"<ref>"Olentangy Park, Theater, and Zoo." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' May 29, 1908. Page 12.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' April 23, 1908. Page 14.</ref> by the French artist Paul Phillippoteaux<ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. 1984. "More on Olentangy Park." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3,'' May 1985. Page 39.</ref> and described as a $50,000 ($1.7 million in 2024) "scenic production of General Grant's Campaign in the Late Civil War"<ref name="ad" /> and was "some of the finest paintings of great battles of the Civil War."<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' June 1, 1908. Page 12.</ref> The artist's painted canvasses were also on exhibition in Europe and included the "Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Paris," and "The Belgian Revolution."<ref name="historian" /> Admission was 10 cents ($3.42) for adults and 5 cents ($1.71) for children.<ref name="ad" />
A building once called the [[Scenic Temple]] at Olentangy Park opened on Memorial Day, May 30, [[1908 Season|1908]].<ref name="ad">Advertisement, ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' May 24, 1908. Page 12.</ref> Little is known about the attraction other than that it showed "Battle Scenes of the Republic,"<ref>"Olentangy Park, Theater, and Zoo." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' May 29, 1908. Page 12.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' April 23, 1908. Page 14.</ref> by the French artist Paul Phillippoteaux<ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. 1984. "More on Olentangy Park." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3,'' May 1985. Page 39.</ref> and described as a $50,000 ($1.7 million in 2024) "scenic production of General Grant's Campaign in the Late Civil War"<ref name="ad" /> and was "some of the finest paintings of great battles of the Civil War."<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' June 1, 1908. Page 12.</ref> The artist's painted canvasses were also on exhibition in Europe and included the "Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Paris," and "The Belgian Revolution."<ref name="historian" /> Admission was 10 cents ($3.42) for adults and 5 cents ($1.71) for children.<ref name="ad" />
 
In 1909, the music revue<ref>"The Gillette Dog and Monkey Circus, The South Before the War, Willard's Temple of Music, Paradise — The Show Beautiful, and other shows." ''Lost Wonderland,'' Accessed December 14, 2024. https://lost-wonderland.com/the-gillette-dog-and-monkey-circus-the-south-before-the-war-willards-temple-of-music-paradise-the-show-beautiful-and-other-shows/</ref> ''The South Before the War'' was most likely shown in this building.<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 11, 1909. Page 5.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 22:14, 14 December 2024

Scenic Temple
Type Exhibition
Park Section Unknown
Built 1908
Opened 1908
Closed Unknown

A building once called the Scenic Temple at Olentangy Park opened on Memorial Day, May 30, 1908.[1] Little is known about the attraction other than that it showed "Battle Scenes of the Republic,"[2][3] by the French artist Paul Phillippoteaux[4] and described as a $50,000 ($1.7 million in 2024) "scenic production of General Grant's Campaign in the Late Civil War"[1] and was "some of the finest paintings of great battles of the Civil War."[5] The artist's painted canvasses were also on exhibition in Europe and included the "Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Paris," and "The Belgian Revolution."[4] Admission was 10 cents ($3.42) for adults and 5 cents ($1.71) for children.[1]

In 1909, the music revue[6] The South Before the War was most likely shown in this building.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Advertisement, The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, May 24, 1908. Page 12.
  2. ↑ "Olentangy Park, Theater, and Zoo." Dispatch Daily Magazine, May 29, 1908. Page 12.
  3. ↑ "Olentangy Park." Dispatch Daily Magazine, April 23, 1908. Page 14.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barret, Richard E. 1984. "More on Olentangy Park." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3, May 1985. Page 39.
  5. ↑ "Olentangy Park." Dispatch Daily Magazine, June 1, 1908. Page 12.
  6. ↑ "The Gillette Dog and Monkey Circus, The South Before the War, Willard's Temple of Music, Paradise — The Show Beautiful, and other shows." Lost Wonderland, Accessed December 14, 2024. https://lost-wonderland.com/the-gillette-dog-and-monkey-circus-the-south-before-the-war-willards-temple-of-music-paradise-the-show-beautiful-and-other-shows/
  7. ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 11, 1909. Page 5.