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Weona Park Carousel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Weona Park Carousel. August 2013.
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Location	PA 512, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°52′15″N 75°14′55″W / 40.87083°N 75.24861°W / 40.87083; -75.24861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1923
Built by	Dentzel, William H.; et al.
Architectural style	stationary menagerie carousel
NRHP reference No.	99000879
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1999

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. It was constructed by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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

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References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Estelle Cremers (March 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weona Park Carousel" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-29.

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