Perron family
{{Short description|American family known for historic carousel preservation}}
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The Perron family is an American family known for preserving historic carousels.{{Cite magazine|last=Cook|first=Janet|date=Summer 2024|title=Thistledown on Oak: Past Meets Present in a Boutique Hotel Nestled Inside an Old Bank Building|url=https://issuu.com/thegorgemagazine/docs/tgm_summer2024_web|magazine=The Gorge Magazine|pages=10–14|access-date=March 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120135301/https://issuu.com/thegorgemagazine/docs/tgm_summer2024_web#expand|archive-date=January 20, 2025|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Morrow|first=Theresa|date=November 18, 1990|title=Merry Go Round — This Portland Family Treats These Frozen Horses Like an Endangered Species|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19901118/1104831/merry-go-round----this-portland-family-treats-these-frozen-horses-like-an-endangered-species|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=April 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401011156/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19901118/1104831/merry-go-round----this-portland-family-treats-these-frozen-horses-like-an-endangered-species|archive-date=April 1, 2025|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Rauzi|first=Robin|date=May 18, 1997|title=Spin Doctors|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-18-me-60020-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401024301/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-18-me-60020-story.html|archive-date=April 1, 2025|url-status=live}} Wife and husband team Carol and Duane Perron began collecting individual carousel figures and later entire carousels in the 1970s. As of 2024, the family owns 21 complete carousels and over 1,200 carousel animals; it is the largest collection of its kind in the world.{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Keaton|date=March 12, 2017|title=Priceless Carousel Collection Nearly Destroyed in Roof Collapse, Owner Plans to Restore|url=https://katu.com/news/local/a-priceless-collection-nearly-destroyed-in-dee-roof-collapse-owner-planning-a-bounce-back|work=KATU|access-date=April 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610034127/https://katu.com/news/local/a-priceless-collection-nearly-destroyed-in-dee-roof-collapse-owner-planning-a-bounce-back|archive-date=June 10, 2023|url-status=live}} Although they operate or were operated in various locations throughout the United States and Canada, the majority of their carousels are stored in a warehouse in Dee, Oregon, south of Hood River, Oregon. The collection is currently maintained by Carol and Duane's son Brad Perron, who, along with his wife Sarah Perron, also own two historic buildings in Hood River. Those two buildings, along with six of their carousels, are listed or were previously listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).{{Cite web|last=Perron|first=Brad|last2=Donovan|first2=Sally|date=June 30, 2005|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – First National Bank of Hood River|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OR/05001555.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 1, 2025|via=Amazon Web Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401031917/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OR/05001555.pdf|archive-date=April 1, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|19}}{{Cite web|last=Perron|first=Brad|last2=Donovan|first2=Sally|date=June 30, 2005|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Heilbronner Block|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OR/05001554.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 1, 2025|via=Amazon Web Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401032545/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OR/05001554.pdf|archive-date=April 1, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|16}}{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Jean|date=July 25, 1999|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Spillman Engineering 3-Abreast Carousel|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000366.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 19, 2025|via=Amazon Web Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319204950/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000366.pdf|archive-date=March 19, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|11}}{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Jean|date=July 25, 1999|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Allan Herschell 3-Abreast Carousel|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000363.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 20, 2025|via=Amazon Web Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320002522/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000363.pdf|archive-date=March 20, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|12}}{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Jean|last2=Bonafide|first2=John|date=January 2001|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel Number 15|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000583.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 21, 2025|via=Amazon Web Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321033104/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000583.pdf|archive-date=March 21, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|11}}{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Jean|date=December 12, 1986|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – William F. Mangels Four-Row Carousel|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OR/87001383.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 21, 2025|via=Amazon Web Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321181956/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OR/87001383.pdf|archive-date=March 21, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|1}}{{Cite web|last=Garske|first=Monica|date=July 14, 2022|title=Historic Carousels in San Diego, California|url=https://sdtoday.6amcity.com/balboa-park-seaport-village-carousels-san-diego-california|work=SDtoday|access-date=March 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208050848/https://sdtoday.6amcity.com/balboa-park-seaport-village-carousels-san-diego-california|archive-date=December 8, 2024|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Jean|date=December 3, 1986|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Oregon Historic Wooden Carousels TR|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000701_text|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322232106/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000701_text|archive-date=March 22, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|3, 7}}
Perron family-owned NRHP listings
{{Quote box|align=right|quote=I’d much rather paint a horse than anything on canvas. When the paint gets on them, they gain their personality. They come alive.|source=—Carol Perron, historic carousel preservationist, 1997|salign=right}}
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=Carousels=
{{NRHP header|caption={{sronly|Carousels}}|column1={{hash-tag}}|altref1st={{Efn|name="NRHP Colors"|Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by state/territory and then city, and if applicable, borough and then neighborhood. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites, or objects.}}|unsortable=yes|altrefdate=listed{{Efn|name="NRHP Numbers"|The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.}}}}
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|key=
|refnum=00000366
|type=NRHP
|article=Spillman Engineering 3-Abreast Carousel
|name=Spillman Engineering 3-Abreast Carousel
|address=139 B Eastridge
|city=San Jose, California
|county=Santa Clara County, California
|date=2000-04-13
|image=
|lat=37.3255
|lon=-121.8140
|description=Built c. 1920.{{rp|3}} Moved to Eastridge shopping mall in 1993 and received its NRHP listing there in 2000.{{rp|1, 3}} Owned by Perron family.{{rp|11}}
}}
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|pos=2
|key=
|refnum=00000363
|type=NRHP
|article=Allan Herschell 3-Abreast Carousel
|name=Allan Herschell 3-Abreast Carousel
|address=Chase Palm Park
223 E. Cabrillo Blvd.
|city=Santa Barbara, California
|county=Santa Barbara County, California
|date=2000-04-13
|image=Allan Herschell 3-Abreast Carousel, Santa Barbara, California.jpg|alt=A historic carousel adorned with paintings and surrounded by a metal fence
|lat=34.4149
|lon=-119.6860
|description=Built in 1916.{{rp|3}} Located in Chase Palm Park until 2017.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 15, 2017|title=Chase Palm Park Carousel Leaving Santa Barbara|url=https://www.independent.com/2017/11/15/chase-palm-park-carousel-leaving-santa-barbara/|work=Santa Barbara Independent|access-date=March 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013232249/https://www.independent.com/2017/11/15/chase-palm-park-carousel-leaving-santa-barbara/|archive-date=October 13, 2024|url-status=live}} Owned by Perron family.{{rp|12}}
}}
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|pos=3
|key=
|refnum=01000583
|type=NRHP
|article=Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel Number 15
|name=Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel Number 15
|address=Palisades Center
1000 Palisades Center
|city=West Nyack, New York
|county=Rockland County, New York
|date=2001-06-08
|image=9.6.07PalisadesCenterMallFoodCourtbyLuigiNovi.jpg|alt=A white historic carousel in the back of a food court in a modern shopping mall
|lat=41.0966
|lon=-73.9559
|description=Built c. 1907.{{rp|3}} Located in Palisades Center shopping mall until 2009.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 27, 2009|title=Palisades Center Replaces Historic Carousel|url=https://nypost.com/2009/08/27/palisades-center-replaces-historic-carousel/|work=New York Post|access-date=March 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125082304/http://nypost.com/2009/08/27/palisades-center-replaces-historic-carousel/|archive-date=January 25, 2025|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Richard|last2=Williams|first2=Barbara|date=June 2010|title=Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel History; 1904–1941|url=https://carouselcorner.net/Articles/carouselnewsandtrader/Carousel_News_and_Trader_BW_Borrelli_JUNE_2010.pdf|magazine=The Carousel News & Trader|page=26|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710001546/https://carouselcorner.net/Articles/carouselnewsandtrader/Carousel_News_and_Trader_BW_Borrelli_JUNE_2010.pdf|archive-date=July 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}{{rp|26}} In storage in Portland, Oregon, as of 2010.{{rp|26}} Owned by Perron family.{{rp|11}}
}}
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|pos=4
|key=
|refnum=87001383
|type=NRHP
|article=William F. Mangels Four-Row Carousel
|name=William F. Mangels Four-Row Carousel
|address=4033 SW Canyon Rd.
|city=Portland, Oregon
|county=Multnomah County, Oregon
|date=1987-08-26
|image=Mangels Carousel 1987 - Portland Oregon.jpg|alt=A brown carousel horse with a yellow saddle and green bridle on a historic carousel horse
|lat=45.5103
|lon=-122.7178
|description=Built c. 1914.{{rp|2}} Moved to World Forestry Center in 1978 and received its NRHP listing there in 1987.{{rp|1, 5}} Owned by Perron family.{{rp|1}}
}}
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==Former carousel listings==
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|pos=1
|key={{asterisk|alt=NRHP-delisted}}
|refnum=87001379{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Jul 10, 2025|title=Spreadsheet of Removed Properties|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-removed-20240710.xlsx|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227145409/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-removed-20240710.xlsx|archive-date=February 27, 2025|url-status=live}}{{rp|1, 7}}
|type=NRHP-delisted
|article=Seaport Village Carousel
|name=Charles Looff 20-Sweep Menagerie Carousel
|address=Holladay St. at NE. Eighth Ave.
|city=Portland, Oregon
|county=Multnomah County, Oregon
|date=1987-08-26
|image=Seaport Village - Fair Park Looff Carousel, built in 1895 in Brooklyn NY.jpg|alt=A white carousel horse with a blue saddle and bridle on a white historic carousel
|lat=45.5297
|lon=-122.6574
|description=Built in 1895. Located in Seaport Village in San Diego, California, since 2004. Owned by Perron family.
}}
{{NRHP row
|pos=2
|key={{asterisk|alt=NRHP-delisted}}
|type=NRHP-delisted
|article=Allan Herschell Two-Abreast Carousel
|name=Allan Herschell Two-Abreast Carousel
|address=300 Broadway
|city=Seaside, Oregon
|county=Clatsop County, Oregon
|date=1987-08-26
|image=
|lat=45.9935
|lon=-123.9264
|description=Built c. 1926.{{rp|7}} Moved to Seaside Town Center shopping mall in 1987 and received its NRHP listing there that same year.{{rp|1, 7}} In storage as of 2011.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 12, 2011|title=115 Years of Historic Carousels in San Diego|url=http://www.carouselnews.com/New-Carousel-News/Septermber-2011/115-Years-of-Historic-Carousels-in-San-Diego-611.html|work=The Carousel News & Trader|access-date=January 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717234343/http://www.carouselnews.com/New-Carousel-News/Septermber-2011/115-Years-of-Historic-Carousels-in-San-Diego-611.html|archive-date=July 17, 2016|url-status=dead}} Owned by Perron family.{{rp|3, 7}}
}}
|}
=Buildings=
{{NRHP header|caption={{sronly|Carousels}}|column1={{hash-tag}}|altref1st={{Efn|name="NRHP Colors"}}|unsortable=yes|altrefdate=listed{{Efn|name="NRHP Numbers"}}}}
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|pos=1
|key=
|refnum=05001555
|type=NRHP
|article=First National Bank of Hood River
|name=First National Bank of Hood River
|address=304 Oak St.
|city=Hood River, Oregon
|county=Hood River County, Oregon
|date=2006-01-26
|image=First National Bank - Hood River Oregon.jpg|alt=A historic red brick building with an antique clock hanging on the corner
|lat=45.7091
|lon=-121.5136
|description=Built in 1910.{{rp|3}} Former location of the Perron's defunct International Museum of Carousel Art.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Driving Directions to the International Museum of Carousel Art|url=http://www.carouselmuseum.com/directions.html|work=IMCA|access-date=December 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206143340/http://www.carouselmuseum.com/directions.html|archive-date=December 6, 2006|url-status=dead}} Owned by Perron family.{{rp|19}}
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|pos=2
|key=
|refnum=05001554
|type=NRHP
|article=Heilbronner Block
|name=Heilbronner Block
|address=110-118 3rd St.
|city=Hood River, Oregon
|county=Hood River County, Oregon
|date=2006-01-26
|image=Heilbronner Block - Hood River Oregon.jpg|alt=A historic white brick building with cars parked on the street in the foreground
|lat=45.7094
|lon=-121.5136
|description=Built in 1910.{{rp|3}} Owned by Perron family.{{rp|16}}
}}
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See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.historiccarousels.com/ Historic Carousels, Inc. – official website]
- [https://www.thistledownonoak.com/ Thistledown on Oak – official website]
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