Ringling Brothers circus brought elephants to the streets of Cincinnati

Ringling Brothers eyes comeback with animal-free circus show

The Ringling Brothers were five siblings who founded one of the largest touring circuses in the United States. One of the brothers, Alfred T. Ringling, built a 26-room, stone mansion in Petersburg, NJ (present day Oak Ridge) in 1916 at a cost of $500,000 (roughly $14 million in today’s dollars) When completed, there were several smaller buildings spread out across the property, including a boat house, pump house, water tower and carriage house. The complex was also the winter home of Alfred’s so