Weona Park Carousel

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Weona Park Carousel

| nrhp_type =

| image = Weona Park Carousel 02.JPG

| caption = Weona Park Carousel. August 2013.

| location = PA 512, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|40|52|15|N|75|14|55|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| built = 1917

| builder = Dentzel, William H.; et al.

| architecture = stationary menagerie carousel

| added = August 4, 1999

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 99000879{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Weona Park Carousel, also known as Dentzel Stationary Menagerie Carousel, is a historic carousel located at Pen Argyl, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The carousel was built in 1917 and installed in its current location 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. It was constructed by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H107358_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weona Park Carousel| accessdate = 2011-10-29| author = Estelle Cremers| format = PDF| date=March 1999}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Gallery

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File:Weona Park Carousel Interior 01.JPG

File:Weona Park Carousel Animals 01.JPG

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File:Weona Park Carousel Animals 16.JPG

File:Weona Park Carousel Interior 06.JPG

See also

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