Weona Park Carousel

United States historic place


Weona Park Carousel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Weona Park Carousel. August 2013.
40°52′15″N 75°14′55″W / 40.87083°N 75.24861°W / 40.87083; -75.24861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1923
Built by	Dentzel, William H.; et al.
Architectural style	stationary menagerie carousel
NRHP reference No.	99000879^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1999

Weona Park Carousel, also known as Dentzel Stationary Menagerie Carousel, is a historic carousel located at Pen Argyl, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The carousel and its pavilion were built in 1923. The carousel is housed in a wooden, one story, pavilion measuring 20 feet high at center and 80 feet in diameter, with 24 sections each 10 feet 6 inches wide. The carousel has 44 animals and 2 sleighs standing three abreast. They were originally hand carved and painted in the 1890s, c. 1905, and c. 1917. The carousel has a Wurlitzer organ, opus 146. It was constructed by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

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References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Estelle Cremers (March 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weona Park Carousel" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-29.