The Jantzen Beach Carousel, also known as the C. W. Parker Four-Row Park Carousel,
is a
carousel formerly installed at
Portland, Oregon
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's Jantzen Beach, in the United States.
History
The carousel was built circa 1904
by
C. W. Parker in
Abilene, Kansas, for use at the
1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
It was later moved to
Venice Beach, California
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, where it began operating in 1921.
In 1928, the carousel was repossessed and its parts were relocated to Portland for the opening of
Jantzen Beach Amusement Park.
Since then, the park became a shopping mall,
Jantzen Beach Center. The carousel was removed during the mall's $50 million renovation in 2012,
and reportedly remains in storage on site.
In 1987, the carousel was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
, along with four others.
However, it was delisted in 2008 because of plans for relocation to the
Portland Children's Museum
Portland Children's Museum was a children's museum located in Portland's Washington Park, adjacent to the Oregon Zoo. Founded in 1946, Portland Children's Museum was the sixth oldest children's museum in the world and the oldest west of the M ...
,
[ In 2012, it was included in the ]Historic Preservation League of Oregon
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's list of Oregon's Most Endangered Places
Oregon's Most Endangered Places, established in 2011, is a list compiled by the Historic Preservation League of Oregon that raises awareness of the state's "historic treasures in need of the advocacy and support to save them from demise".
Listin ...
.
2015 sale and restoration
In 2015, the mall's owner, a company called Edens, said the carousel was being "safely stored in a camera-monitored, climate-controlled" building at the shopping center. However, in early 2017, ''The Oregonian'' reported that the current owner and location of the carousel were unknown; Edens said the carousel was sold to Kimco Realty, while the latter company claimed its purchase of Jantzen Beach Center included the land and buildings, but not the carousel.
See also
* List of carousels on the National Register of Historic Places
* List of Oregon's Most Endangered Places
Oregon's Most Endangered Places, established in 2011, is a list compiled by the Historic Preservation League of Oregon that raises awareness of the state's "historic treasures in need of the advocacy and support to save them from demise".
Listin ...
*
References
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External links
Jantzen Beach Carousel
at Restore Oregon
1904 establishments in Missouri
1921 establishments in California
1928 disestablishments in California
1928 establishments in Oregon
2012 disestablishments in Oregon
Carousels in California
Carousels on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Former National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
Oregon's Most Endangered Places
Venice, Los Angeles