Year

Event

1924

-Wheeling Park Purchased - 130 acres

1925

-Creation of Wheeling Park Commission
-Wheeling Park opened May 30

1926

-White Palace
-Wheeling Park Golf Course built

1928

-Colonel Oglebay's 750-acre estate accepted by City Council
-Landscape and dedicate Good Lake
-Aviary

1930

-Oglebay Institute founded - Culture and Education

1931

-Crispin Golf Course - 1st Nine

1936

-Swimming Pool

1937

-Haller and Small Shelter

1938

-Swimming Pool, Pine Room & Golf Club Room

1939

-Caddy Camp, Amphitheater, Camp Russel op World War I

1943

-Arboretum

1945

-Parks System Trust Fund established

1947

-Riding Stable

1948

-Children's Center
-Schwertfeger Shelter, Stifel Playground

1949

-First Deluxe Cabin

1950

-Oglebay Park Children's Association Shelter

1952

-Show Ring at Stables

1953

-Golf Driving Range, Jones Tennis Shelter, Schenk Lake

1954

-Nature Center

1955

-Schenk Lake Boathouse

1957

-Wilson Lodge - 57 Rooms

1958

-Wilson Lodge - Dining Room

1959

-Skating Rink

1960

-Three Chalets at Wilson Lodge

1961

-Good Lake
-Glessner Auditorium, Wilson Lodge

1962

-Par 3 Golf Course & Clubhouse
-Mansion House Renovation

1963

-Alene Kraft Garden Center
-New Sleeping Facilities at Camp Russell
-Snow-making Equipment & Lift
-Expansion of Good Lake

1964

-Three Har-tru & Two Grasstex Tennis Courts Added

1965

-America's Future Trees Foundation

1966

-Service Building
-Burton Wing of Mansion, Kline Wing of Wilson Lodge

1968

-W.E. Stone Clubhouse & Pool

1970

-Speidel Championship Golf Course

1971

-Amphitheater Cover, Renovation of Aviary
-Renovation of Pine Room

1972

-Boathouse & Dock, Miniature Golf Course, Tennis Dome

1973

-Arboretum Walk, Speidel Golf Cabins
-Sonneborn Shelter

1974

-First Annual LPGA Classic
-Hilltop Tennis Courts

1976

-Good Children's Zoo

1977

-Benedum Theater
-Pergola in the Arboretum

1978

-First Oglebayfest
-Dedication of Burton Center -Expansion & Covering of Memorial Ice Rink

1979

-Miniature Golf Course
-Water Slide

1980

-Wilson Lodge - Byrd Addition - 79 Rooms, Banquet Room, Meeting Rooms, Indoor Pool, Lounge, Dining Rooms

1981

-Arboretum Addition named for Brooks E. Wigginton
-Harry Hamm Clubhouse at Speidel Golf Course

1982

-Renovation of Greenhouses
-Renovation of White Palace
-Driehorst Memorial Entrance to Arboretum
-Maple (Mooney) Chalet

1983

-Juniper (Higley) Cabin
-Wigginton Arboretum Walks exteneded

1984

-Youth Center, White Palace
-Hawthorne (Higley) Cabin
-Boyce Tennis Shelter

1985

-Winter Festival of Lights
-Ballroom, White Palace

1986

-Ivy (Higley) Cabin
-Burton Garden, Mansion
-New Tennis Dome
-Four (Crosby) Cabins

1987

-Five (Benedum) Cabins
-Soccer Fields

1988

-Four (Benedum) Cabins
-Rhodedendron and Azalea Gardens
-White Palace elevator
-Hockey Room expansions

1989

-Good Zoo Wolf Woods
-Ihlenfeld Dining Room

1990

-Three (Benedum) Cabins
-Ihlenfeld Dining Room - phase II

1991

-Waddington Gardens (Bartels Bequest)
-Visitor Center and Administrative Office Renovation
-Christmas Shop at Administrative Office
-Bissonnette Gardens - phase II
-Schenk Lake Fountain
-Tennis Shop

1993

-Carriage House Glass
-Palm House Renovation

1994

-Caddy Camp Renovation (Main Buidling) (Dedicated to John Grimes)

1996

-Levenson Picnic Shelter
-Wilson Lodge Conference Center (George Lutz)
-Dedication of Yates Administrative Building

2000

-Arnold Palmer Designed - Klieves Golf Course

2001

-Good Lake Renovation
-Schrader Environmental Education Center
-Kuchinka Amphitheater Renovation -Acquisition of Straub Property - 30.5 acres

2002

-Glassworks Renovation
-Dot Boll Tennis Shop Lounge

2003

-Acquisition of the Jones Farm - 133 Acres