Weona Park Carousel Explained

Weona Park Carousel
Location:PA 512, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.8708°N -75.2486°W
Built:1923
Builder:Dentzel, William H.; et al.
Architecture:stationary menagerie carousel
Added:August 4, 1999
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:99000879

Weona Park Carousel, also known as Dentzel Stationary Menagerie Carousel, is a historic carousel located at Pen Argyl, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The carousel and its pavilion were built 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. The carousel has a Wurlitzer organ, opus 146. It was constructed by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H107358_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weona Park Carousel]. 2011-10-29. Estelle Cremers. PDF. March 1999.