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] The "Battle of Gettysburg" was a panorama and a daily reenactment of the Civil War sea battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac.[6] Admission was 10 cents ($3.42) for adults and 5 cents ($1.71) for children.[1]
In 1909, the music revue[7] The South Before the War was most likely shown in this building.[8]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Advertisement. 1908. The Columbus Sunday Dispatch. May 24, 1908. Page 12.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park, Theater, and Zoo." Dispatch Daily Magazine, May 29, 1908. Page 12.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." Dispatch Daily Magazine, April 23, 1908. Page 14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barrett, Richard E. 1984. "More on Olentangy Park." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3, May 1985. Page 39.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." Dispatch Daily Magazine, June 1, 1908. Page 12.
- ↑ Berman, Jay and Sesar Carreno. 2006. "The Short Life of a Downtown Amusement Park." Los Angeles Downtown News, September 4, 2006. Accessed on January 6, 2025. https://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/the-short-life-of-a-downtown-amusement-park/article_b38a83a9-f235-54a6-a303-bca12c6665b9.html
- ↑ "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/
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 11, 1909. Page 5.