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Crazy House

Other Name(s)	Crazyhouse
Type	Funhouse
Park Section	Midway
Built	1911
Opened	1911
Closed	1912 (replaced)
Replaced	Ye Olde Mill (1)
Replaced By	Fun House

The Crazy House was a funhouse attraction built north of the second Dancing Pavilion at Olentangy Park in 1911.^[1] This is the same location as The Fun House that was built in 1913.^[2]

The "Crazy House" was often an attraction at traveling carnivals, but the term "crazy house" was also used to describe a general funhouse.

References

↑ "Olentangy." Columbus Evening Dispatch. Aug. 16, 1911. Page 12.
↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Sunday Dispatch. May 18, 1913. Page 5.

Attractions

Attractions
Attractions	Arcadia Archery Range Arena Automatic Vaudeville Baby Farm Band Shell (1) Band Shell (2) Bandstand (Center) Bandstand (North) Bandstand (South) Ball Grounds Outdoor Ballroom Bathing Pavilion Billiards Birdland Boathouse Bowling Alley Box Ball Alley Canoe Club Boathouse Children's Playground Coney Island Casino (1) Casino (2) Cave of the Winds Outdoor Checkerboard Crazy House Creation Crystal Maze Dancing Pavilion (1) Dancing Pavilion (2) Egyptian Mystery Fair Japan Fantasma Flea Circus Floral Conservatory The Fun House The Great Hereafter Gypsy Camp Hindoo Mystery Horseshoe Courts House of Trouble House That Jack Built Infant Incubator Igorrote Village Japanese Ballroom Johnstown Flood Joy Mill Knock the Barrel Down Laughing Gallery Mickey Mouse Town Millrace and Fish Pond Moonlight Gardens Motion Picture Building Motordrome Museum of Ornithology Mysterious Sensation Mystic Castle Open-Air Theater Oriental Palmistry Palace of Illusions Palm Garden Panama Canal Exhibit Penny Arcade (Colonnade) Penny Arcade (Midway) Photo Booth Photographic Gallery (2) Photographic Gallery (3) Photographic Gallery (4) Playground Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Building) Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Scenic Temple Shooting Gallery Snake Den Swimming Pool Temple of Mirth Theater Theatorium The Third Degree Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Tours of the World Whirl-o-Ball Wonderland Zoological Gardens
Attraction Types	Activity Spaces Animal Attractions Arcades Fortune Telling Funhouses Exhibitions Music and Performance Skill-Based Games Sports
Designers	Dick Ashbaugh Hollis G. Conrad George C. Hale R. L. Kenyon Kushibiki Yumindo Frank L. Packard Herbert H. Pattee C. Rarick Henry Roltair J. W. Zarro
Manufacturers	The Automatic Vaudeville Company J. M. Naughton R. L. Kenyon Company Yost & Packard Zarro Amusement Device Company

Midway

Midway
Rides & Attractions	Arcadia Automatic Vaudeville Billiards Bowling Alley Box Ball Alley Crazyhouse Dancing Pavilion (2) Dear Old Coney Island The Destruction of Johnstown Flight Tutor (2) The Fun House Joy Mill Laughing Gallery Love's Voyage Miniature Railway Mysterious Sensation Mystic Castle Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill (2) Penny Arcade (Midway) Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Scenic Temple Temple of Mirth Wonderland
Notable Events	Midway Fire of 1911

Midway

Rides & Attractions

Notable Events

Midway Fire of 1911

Park Sections

Park Sections
South	Floral Conservatory Merry-Go-Round (2) Museum of Ornithology Zoological Gardens
Colonnade	Billiards Bowling alleys Egyptian Mystery Hindoo Mystery House That Jack Built Infant Incubator Knock the Barrel Down Palace of Illusions Panama Canal Exhibit Penny Arcade (Colonnade)
The Grove	Ball Grounds Bowling alleys Casino (2) Children's Playground Igorrote Village Open-Air Theater Picnic Grounds The Whip
The Ravine	Bathing Pavilion Boathouse Bowling alleys Canoe Club Boathouse Picnic Grounds Water Toboggan
Center	Airplanes Archery Range Bandstand (Center) Bandstand (South) Big Eli Birdland Bowling alleys Grand Carousel Circle Swing Crystal Maze Dancing Pavilion (1) Dodgem Electric Autos Ferris Wheel (4) Flight Tutor (1) Hey-Dey Loop-the-Loop Merry-Go-Round (1) Merry-Go-Round De Luxe Moonlight Gardens Oriental Palmistry Outdoor Ballroom Photo Booth Photographic Gallery (3) Photographic Gallery (4) Playground Roller Skating Rink (Building) Shooting Gallery Theater
Midway	Arcadia Automatic Vaudeville Billiards Bowling alleys Box Ball Alley Coney Island Crazy House Dancing Pavilion (2) Flight Tutor (2) The Fun House Johnstown Flood Joy Mill Laughing Gallery Love's Voyage Miniature Railway Mysterious Sensation Mystic Castle Ye Olde Mill (1) Ye Olde Mill (2) Penny Arcade (Midway) Rifle Range Roller Skating Rink (Portable) Scenic Temple Shooting Gallery Temple of Mirth Wonderland
North & Northwest	Arena Band Shell (1) Band Shell (2) Bandstand (North) Ferris Wheel (1) Figure Eight Fair Japan Horseshoe Courts Motion Picture Building Motordrome Ocean Wave Over-the-Top Photographic Gallery (2) Pony and Camel Track The Racer Red Devil Scenic Coaster Sea-Land-Whirl Shoot-the-Chutes Theatorium Tours of the World Tumble Bug The Whip Whirlwind
Unknown	Baby Animal Farm Cave of the Winds Creation Double Whirl Down and Out Fantasma Ferris Wheel (2) Flea Circus The Great Hereafter Gypsy Camp House of Trouble Japanese Ballroom Kiss Waltz Lindy-Loop Merry-Go-Round (3) Mickey Mouse Town Millrace and Fish Pond Outdoor Checkerboard Palm Garden Shuffle Boards Snake Den Swan Ride The Third Degree Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Whirl-o-Ball Whirling Wheel

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