Scenic Temple - Revision history

Parkadmin at 06:27, 18 December 2025

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Parkadmin at 02:47, 18 December 2025

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	{{#seo:\|keywords=Scenic Temple, Battle Scenes of the Republic, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, ~~Olentangy Park~~ Columbus~~, Columbus amusement park, amusement park~~, Clintonville~~, defunct amusement park~~}}		{{#seo:\|keywords=Scenic Temple, Battle Scenes of the Republic, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Columbus, Clintonville}}

Parkadmin at 19:51, 18 November 2025

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	{{#seo:\|description=An attraction called the Scenic Temple at Olentangy Park that opened on Memorial Day, May 30, 1908. It showed "Battle Scenes of the Republic."}}		{{#seo:\|description=An attraction called the Scenic Temple at Olentangy Park that opened on Memorial Day, May 30, 1908. It showed "Battle Scenes of the Republic."}}
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Parkadmin at 19:50, 18 November 2025

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	\| name = Scenic Temple		\| name = Scenic Temple
	\| type = Exhibition		\| type = Exhibition
	\| section = ~~Unknown~~		\| section = North, Midway
	\| built = 1908		\| built = 1908
	\| opened = 1908		\| opened = 1908

Parkadmin at 19:49, 18 November 2025

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	\| cost = {{Tooltip \|text = $50,000\|tooltip = $1.75 million in 2025 dollars}}		\| cost = {{Tooltip \|text = $50,000\|tooltip = $1.75 million in 2025 dollars}}
	\| replacedby = [[Love's Voyage]]		\| replacedby = [[Love's Voyage]]

Parkadmin: Removed reference to South Before the War since the structure was in the location of Love's Voyage that opened in 1909

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Removed reference to South Before the War since the structure was in the location of Love's Voyage that opened in 1909

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	A building once called the [[Scenic Temple]] at Olentangy Park opened on Memorial Day, May 30, [[1908 Season\|1908]].<ref name="ad">Advertisement. 1908. ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' May 24, 1908. Page 12.</ref> It is most likely the building just north of the [[Ye Olde Mill (1)\|first Ye Olde Mill]] seen in photos at the time.<ref>Photograph. "Panoramic views of Olentangy Park showing many new amusement structures being erected on newly acquired tract of 25 acres to north." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' March 28, 1909. Page 1.</ref><ref>Postcard. ''[https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/1133 Park View and Band Stand, Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio.]'' Postmarked Sept. 23, 1908. Published by The American News Company, New York. Accessed through The Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.</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">Barrett, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3.'' May 1985. Page 39.</ref> and described as a {{Tooltip \|text = $50,000\|tooltip = $1.75 million in 2025 dollars}} "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 canvases were also on exhibition in Europe and included the "Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Paris," and "The Belgian Revolution."<ref name="historian" /> The "Battle of Gettysburg" was a panorama and a daily reenactment of the Civil War sea battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac.<ref>Berman, Jay and Sesar Carreno. [https://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/the-short-life-of-a-downtown-amusement-park/article_b38a83a9-f235-54a6-a303-bca12c6665b9.html "The Short Life of a Downtown Amusement Park."] ''Los Angeles Downtown News,'' Sept. 4, 2006. Accessed on Jan. 6, 2025.</ref> Admission was {{Tooltip \|text = 10 cents\|tooltip = $3.49 in 2025 dollars}} for adults and {{Tooltip \|text = 5 cents\|tooltip = $1.75 in 2025 dollars}} 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. 1908. ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' May 24, 1908. Page 12.</ref> It is most likely the building just north of the [[Ye Olde Mill (1)\|first Ye Olde Mill]] seen in photos at the time.<ref>Photograph. "Panoramic views of Olentangy Park showing many new amusement structures being erected on newly acquired tract of 25 acres to north." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' March 28, 1909. Page 1.</ref><ref>Postcard. ''[https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/1133 Park View and Band Stand, Olentangy Park, Columbus, Ohio.]'' Postmarked Sept. 23, 1908. Published by The American News Company, New York. Accessed through The Columbus Metropolitan Library Digital Collections.</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">Barrett, Richard E. "More on Olentangy Park." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3.'' May 1985. Page 39.</ref> and described as a {{Tooltip \|text = $50,000\|tooltip = $1.75 million in 2025 dollars}} "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 canvases were also on exhibition in Europe and included the "Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Paris," and "The Belgian Revolution."<ref name="historian" /> The "Battle of Gettysburg" was a panorama and a daily reenactment of the Civil War sea battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac.<ref>Berman, Jay and Sesar Carreno. [https://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/the-short-life-of-a-downtown-amusement-park/article_b38a83a9-f235-54a6-a303-bca12c6665b9.html "The Short Life of a Downtown Amusement Park."] ''Los Angeles Downtown News,'' Sept. 4, 2006. Accessed on Jan. 6, 2025.</ref> Admission was {{Tooltip \|text = 10 cents\|tooltip = $3.49 in 2025 dollars}} for adults and {{Tooltip \|text = 5 cents\|tooltip = $1.75 in 2025 dollars}} for children.<ref name="ad" />

	In 1909, the music revue<ref>[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/ "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 Dec. 14, 2024.</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>

	Scenic Temples in other parts of the U.S. were often venues for vaudeville, illustrated songs, and moving pictures. This could be the motion picture building that replaced the one that burned down in 1907.		Scenic Temples in other parts of the U.S. were often venues for vaudeville, illustrated songs, and moving pictures. This could be the motion picture building that replaced the one that burned down in 1907.

Parkadmin at 19:45, 18 November 2025

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	\| closed = ~~Unknown~~		\| closed = Before 1910
	\| cost = {{Tooltip \|text = $50,000\|tooltip = $1.75 million in 2025 dollars}}		\| cost = {{Tooltip \|text = $50,000\|tooltip = $1.75 million in 2025 dollars}}
	\| replacedby = [[Love's Voyage]]		\| replacedby = [[Love's Voyage]]

Parkadmin at 01:45, 16 November 2025

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	\| ~~replacedbt~~ = [[Love's Voyage]]		\| replacedby = [[Love's Voyage]]
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Parkadmin at 01:45, 16 November 2025

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			\| replacedbt = [[Love's Voyage]]
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