Buckroe Beach Carousel Explained

Buckroe Beach Carousel
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:February 28, 1992[1]
Designated Other1 Number:114-0111
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:602 Settlers Landing Rd., Hampton, Virginia
Coordinates:37.0239°N -76.3439°W
Builder:Philadelphia Toboggan Company
Architecture:Carousel
Added:October 27, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:92001396

Buckroe Beach Carousel, also known as Philadelphia Toboggan Company Number Fifty and the Hampton Carousel, is a historic carousel operated by the Hampton History Museum in Hampton, Virginia. It was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and installed at Buckroe Beach in 1920. It measures 45 feet in diameter and the platform consists of 18 sections. It has 42 oil paintings; 30 mirrors; a 1914 Bruder band organ that plays 66 key B.A.B. rolls, 48 hand-carved wooden horses placed three abreast; and two upholstered, hand-carved wooden chariots. It was disassembled in 1985 when the Buckroe Beach Amusement Park closed. It was restored between 1988 and 1991 by R&F Designs of Bristol, CT, and was installed that year in its present location in Carousel Park, 602 Settlers Landing Road, across from the Virginia Air and Space Center.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buckroe Beach Carousel . Osceola S. Ailor. November 1991. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo