Colonnade
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Colonnade
Other Name(s) | Colonade |
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Type | Other Feature |
Park Section | Colonnade |
Built | 1904 |
Opened | 1904 |
Closed | 1921 |
Manufacturer | J. W. Zarro |
Designer | J. W. Zarro |
Architect | J. W. Zarro |
The Colonnade, sometimes stylized as the Colonade, held several exhibits and attractions at Olentangy Park starting in 1904. J. W. Zarro, a show-goods manufacturer from Cincinnati,[1] designed and built the original building and some of its exhibits. It was located east of the theater and offered refreshments and amusements.[2][3][4] It replaced a set of restrooms and candy stand that existed as far back as 1901.[5][6] A restaurant was built in the Colonnade's north end.[7] The building was torn down for the 1922 season.[8]
Sometimes the Midway was called a "new colonnade."[9]
Exhibits and Activities
- Billiards (1914)[10]
- Bowling alleys (1914)[10]
- Egyptian Mystery (1906-1910)[11][12]
- Gypsy Camp (built 1907)[13]
- House That Jack Built (1904-1905)[14][15]
- Infant Incubator (1908)[16][17]
- Knock the Barrell Down
- Palace of Illusions (1904-1905)
- Panama Canal Exhibit (1909)[18]
- Penny Arcade (Colonnade) (built 1904)[19]
References
- ↑ The Billboard, April 23, 1904. Vol. 16. Issue 17. Page 8.
- ↑ "Grand Opening Olentangy Park, Theater and Zoo." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 24, 1904. Page 4.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park, a Coney Island Rival" The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, May 1, 1904. Page 4.
- ↑ "New Greenhouse, Baby Elk, Enlarged Zoo and Landscape Gardening." Columbus Evening Dispatch, September 13, 1904. Page 7.
- ↑ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.
- ↑ Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901, Sheet 63. Map. https://sanborn-ohioweblibrary-org.oh0057.oplin.org/viewer/?id=13464
- ↑ "Throws Glass When Twitted on Appetite." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, June 30, 1907. Page 8.
- ↑ "Spring Building at Olentangy." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, March 24, 1922. Page 14.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park Open for the 1910 Season." The Columbus Evening Dispatch, April 18, 1910. Page 6.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Olentangy Theater: The Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, June 21, 1914. Page 5.
- ↑ Long, W. C. 1906. "Columbus, Ohio." The Billboard, May 12, 1906. 18 (19): 20.
- ↑ Postcard, 1908. "Olentangy Park Colonnade and Bandstand, postcard." Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus in Historic Photographs, 708O45190802. Last modified on November 25, 2021. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/ohio/id/9662/
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio), June 4, 1907. Page 8.
- ↑ "Parks: Pleasure Resorts and Summer Gardens." The Billboard, Vol. 16. Issue 17. April 23, 1903. Page 8. Accessed through the Internet Archive.
- ↑ The Billboard, Vol. 16. Issue 17. April 23, 1904. Page 8. Accessed through the Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park Concerts." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 2 May 1908. Pg. 10.
- ↑ Barrett, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3. May 1985. Page 37.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, July 9, 1909. Page 20.
- ↑ Catalog of Title Entries of Books Etc. Catalog of Title Entries First Quarter 1905. Entry 10801.