Columbus Auditorium
venue in Columbus, Ohio
The Columbus Auditorium was the name of two mixed-use venues in Columbus, Ohio. The first was extant from 1897 to 1910; the second stood from 1927 to 1992. For the last 50 years of its existence, the auditorium building was known as the Lazarus Annex, an expansion of the flagship Lazarus department store.
Goodale Street Auditorium
The Goodale Street Auditorium (also known as the Columbus Auditorium) opened on June 24, 1897. Architects Yost & Packard designed the auditorium; in doing so they remodeled an older structure, the Park Roller Skating Rink, which had opened on March 17, 1885.
The building sat at the northeast corner of Park and West Goodale Streets. It was a wooden building with ornate towers on its four corners. The structure held conventions, revivals, and circus events. Evangelist Billy Sunday was a tenant of the building, and it also held the first official game of the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, in 1897.
One of the last events held in the building was the first Columbus Auto Show, in 1909.
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