Broad Ripple Park Carousel
Antique carousel in Indianapolis, Indiana, US. Added to the National Register in 1987, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Broad Ripple Park Carousel is an antique carousel in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It was installed in 1917 at an amusement park near the White River in Indianapolis, Indiana, where it remained until the building housing it collapsed in 1956. The ride's mechanism was destroyed, but the animals were relatively unscathed and put into storage by the park's owners, the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation. The animals were carved by the Dentzel Carousel Company some time before 1900 but were assembled by the William F. Mangels carousel company, which also supplied the engine powering the ride.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Meridian and Thirtieth Sts., Indianapolis, IN |
| County | Marion County |
| Listed | Feb 27, 1987 |
| Reference number | 87000839 |
| Architect | William F. Mangels |
| Type of place | carousel |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Meridian and Thirtieth Sts., Indianapolis, IN |
| Coordinates | 39.81085, -86.15580 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 100 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 87000839. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.