Menagerie Carousel, also known as the Burlington Carousel, is a historic carousel located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1905, 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]
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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 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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 August 1, 2014.