Palace Amusements

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{{Infobox amusement park

| name = Palace Amusements

| image = Palace Amusements.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Palace Amusements in 1997

| location = Asbury Park

| location2 = NJ

| previous_names = Palace Merry-Go-Round

| theme = Indoor amusement park

| owner = Ernest Schnitzler {{small|(1888–1920)}}
August Williams {{small|(1920–1939)}}
Edward Lange & Zimel Resnick {{small|(1939–1986)}}
Sam & Henry Vaccaro {{small|(1986–1988)}}

| opening_date = {{Start date|1888|8|17}}

| closing_date = {{End date|1988|11|27}}

| area = {{convert|0.9|acre}}

| rides = 12

| coasters = 1

| water_rides = 1

| slogan =

| status = Removed

| footnotes =

}}

{{Infobox NRHP

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| locmapin = USA New Jersey Monmouth County

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| coordinates = {{coord|40|13|4|N|74|0|12.76|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| location = Asbury Park, New Jersey

| built = {{start date|1888|6}}

| architect = Ernest Schnitzler
William B. Stout

| architecture = Late Victorian

| builder = Ernest Schnitzler

| demolished = {{end date|2004|5|26}}

| added = {{start date|2000|11|22}}

| designated_other1 =

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_color = #ffc94b

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_number = 3705{{cite web|title=Palace Amusements Building (ID#3705)|url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Monmouth.pdf|website=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County|publisher=NJ DEP Historic Preservation Office|accessdate=23 July 2015|page=2|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206054405/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/monmouth.pdf|archivedate=6 February 2015}}

| designated_other1_date = {{start date|2000|10|12}}

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| refnum = 00001406{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form|url=http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/00001406.PDF|website=National Park Service|publisher=Department of the Interior|accessdate=23 July 2015}}

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Palace Amusements was a historical indoor amusement park in Asbury Park, New Jersey. It was built in 1888 and expanded several times over its history, but after a worsening economic situation in both Asbury and the country in the mid-1980s, it went out of business in 1988.

Several efforts were made to save the structure, including its hand-carved carousel, murals and decorations, but in 2004, after an independent structural inspection, the building was deemed unsafe (it had already been damaged in several areas) and was ordered demolished. A local grassroots organization was able to save several pieces from the building, including the famed Tillie mural.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/nyregion/02tillie.html|title=Asbury Park Building Will Vanish, but Its Grin Will Remain|author=Karen DeMasters|date=2004-04-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2023-08-14}}{{cite web|url=https://weirdnj.com/stories/roadside-oddities/palace-amusements-asbury-park/|publisher=Asbury Park Press|title=Weird NJ remembers forgotten faces of Palace Amusements, Asbury Park|date=2014-03-09}}