{"id":10549,"date":"2020-08-31T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T23:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?page_id=10549"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:12:31","slug":"fun-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/fun-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lagoon had a Fun House for several decades. The first was built around the 1920s, or possibly earlier, and burned down in the fire of 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/funhouse1920s-30s-WSUspecialcollections.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/funhouse1920s-30s-WSUspecialcollections.jpg 584w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/funhouse1920s-30s-WSUspecialcollections-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Front of the original Fun House in the 1920s or &#8217;30s. Photo: Weber State University Special Collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new Fun House was completed in 1957 and was the first of its kind to be built in America for a long time. It featured a long list of tricky and challenging obstacles, distorted mirrors, carpet bag slides, a spinning tunnel and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>A more thorough history of the original Fun House is in the works&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE LAGOON HISTORY<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/the-fire-of-53\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fireof53.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fireof53.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fireof53-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/fun-house-1957\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/funhouse57button.jpg\" alt=\"Fun House\" class=\"wp-image-20002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/funhouse57button.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/funhouse57button-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/haunted-shack\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hauntedshackbutton.jpg\" alt=\"Haunted Shack\" class=\"wp-image-20123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hauntedshackbutton.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hauntedshackbutton-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagoon had a Fun House for several decades. The first was built around the 1920s, or possibly earlier, and burned down in the fire of 1953. A new Fun House was completed in 1957 and was the first of its kind to be built in America for a long time. 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