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Glen Echo Park
Glen Echo, MD
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
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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