The Athenaeum Theatre

Built in 1896, the Columbus Athenaeum Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Columbus, OH. The former Masonic Temple houses a ballroom, two theaters and several smaller event rooms. The Olympian Ballroom, with banquet seating for 900, has a mezzanine balcony about its perimeter.  The Small Theater features a stage, hand-painted ceilings and an antique pipe organ in the balcony. Unique for its arena floor surrounded by 950 seats set at a steep rise, the Large Theater offers forty-foot ceilings, gold leaf accents, and professional theater lighting.