Colonnade

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Colonnade
Other Name(s) Colonade
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

References

  1. The Billboard, April 23, 1904. Vol. 16. Issue 17. Page 8.
  2. "Grand Opening Olentangy Park, Theater and Zoo." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 24, 1904. Page 4.
  3. "Olentangy Park, a Coney Island Rival" The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, May 1, 1904. Page 4.
  4. "New Greenhouse, Baby Elk, Enlarged Zoo and Landscape Gardening." Columbus Evening Dispatch, September 13, 1904. Page 7.
  5. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06656_003/.
  6. 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
  7. "Throws Glass When Twitted on Appetite." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, June 30, 1907. Page 8.
  8. "Spring Building at Olentangy." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, March 24, 1922. Page 14.
  9. "Olentangy Park Open for the 1910 Season." The Columbus Evening Dispatch, April 18, 1910. Page 6.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Olentangy Theater: The Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, June 21, 1914. Page 5.
  11. Long, W. C. 1906. "Columbus, Ohio." The Billboard, May 12, 1906. 18 (19): 20.
  12. 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/
  13. "Olentangy Park." Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio), June 4, 1907. Page 8.
  14. "Parks: Pleasure Resorts and Summer Gardens." The Billboard, Vol. 16. Issue 17. April 23, 1903. Page 8. Accessed through the Internet Archive.
  15. The Billboard, Vol. 16. Issue 17. April 23, 1904. Page 8. Accessed through the Internet Archive.
  16. "Olentangy Park Concerts." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 2 May 1908. Pg. 10.
  17. Barrett, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3. May 1985. Page 37.
  18. "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, July 9, 1909. Page 20.
  19. Catalog of Title Entries of Books Etc. Catalog of Title Entries First Quarter 1905. Entry 10801.