Menagerie Carousel
Menagerie Carousel | |
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| Location | Burlington City Park, S. Main St., Burlington, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°5′3″N 79°27′13″W / 36.08417°N 79.45361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1913 |
| Built by | Muller, Daniel Carl |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003420[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 1982 |
Menagerie Carousel, also known as the Burlington Carousel, is a historic carousel located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1913, and is a hand-carved, wooden carousel manufactured by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The carousel features 46 animals include one lion, one tiger, one giraffe, one reindeer, four pigs, four rabbits, four ostriches, four cats and 26 horses. The carousel also has two chariots. Housing the carousel is a permanent shelter built in the summer of 1948.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Allison B. Harris (April 1982). "Menagerie Carousel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Categories:
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Carousels on the National Register of Historic Places
- Amusement rides introduced in 1913
- Buildings and structures in Alamance County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Alamance County, North Carolina
- 1913 establishments in North Carolina
- Alamance County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs