Jane's Carousel

Jane's Carousel (Formerly the Idora Park Merry-Go-Round)

Carousel in Brooklyn in 2013
Location Formerly at Idora Park near Canfield Road,
Youngstown, Ohio.
Currently at Brooklyn Bridge Park.[1]
Built 1922
Architect The carvings are attributed to John Zalar & Frank Carretta
NRHP Reference # 75001482[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 6, 1975[3]
Removed from NRHP October 29, 1985[2]

Jane's Carousel (formerly Idora Park Merry-Go-Round) is a carved, wooden, 48-horse carousel that was built in 1922 for the Idora Park amusement park in Youngstown, Ohio by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company.[1] It was carved by John Zalar and Frank Carretta, each of whom are attributed with carvings on carousels constructed by PTC and other carousel companies like Looff.[4] Jane's Carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1975, the first carousel to receive such designation.[1][3]

When Idora Park closed to the public in 1984, the carousel was bought at auction by Jane and David Walentas and moved to Brooklyn, New York for restoration.[1][5]

It was opened to the public at its new location in Brooklyn Bridge Park on the East River in Brooklyn on September 16, 2011.[1] The building commissioned by the Walentas' to house the carousel was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel.

The merry-go-round is not currently listed in the National Register's database, having been delisted (having its listing status changed to "RN") on October 29, 1985.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 http://janescarousel.com/
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 NRHP listings, 1966-1978
  4. ↑ Morgan, Brian. "Major Carousel Builders and Carvers". Carousels.org. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Linonis, Linda M (October 14, 2005). "Merry-go-round leads to Idora ride". The Vindicator. Youngstown, OH. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
  6. ↑ The listing status change is reported within the downloadable version of the NRIS database. It should appear also in the printed NRHP listings, 1985 but is not readily found there.
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