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United States historic place
Menagerie Carousel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationBurlington City Park, S. Main St., Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates36°5′3″N 79°27′13″W / 36.08417°N 79.45361°W / 36.08417; -79.45361
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
Built byMuller, Daniel Carl
NRHP reference No.82003420
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 1982

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.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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.
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