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Glen Echo Park
Glen Echo, MD
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Park: | Glen Echo Park |
Description: | W. H. Dentzel |
Carousel Class: | Classic Wood Carousel |
Last Update: | 2020 |
Status: | Active |
Model: | menagerie |
Year Built: | 1921 |
Type: | 3 rows, Park, All Wood composition |
Figures: | 28 Jumping Horses, 12 Standing Horses, 12 Menagerie Animals (1 Giraffe, 1 Lion, 4 Ostriches, 4 Rabbits, 1 Tiger, 1 Deer), 2 chariots |
Music: | Band Organ: 1926 Wurl 165 #3779 |
Notes: | Still in original location, Placed on the National Register of Historic Places - 1980, Received the NCA Historic Carousel Award - 2005 |
Comments: | When park closed in 1968, a public campaign raised $80,000 to repurchase carousel. Given to National Park Service. Carousel restored by Rosa Patton; work on the building completed in 2019. |
History: | Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD, 1921 to present
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Directions/Hours: | I-495 exits 40 or 41 East. Two miles to MacArthur Blvd. Follow signs. At intersection of MacArthur Blvd & Route 614. Visit the website or contact the park for hours of operation. |
Mailing Address: | 7300 Mac Arthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD, 20812 |
Telephone: | 301-634-2222 |
Website: | www.glenechopark.org/carousel |
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