Jantzen Beach Carousel

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C. W. Parker Four-Row Park Carousel
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The carousel in 2009
Location1492 Jantzen Beach Center, Portland, Oregon
Builtc.1904 [1]
Built byParker, Charles Wallace
MPS Oregon Historic Wooden Carousels TR
NRHP reference No. 87001381 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1987 [1]
Removed from NRHPJanuary 4, 2008 [3]

The Jantzen Beach Carousel, also known as the C. W. Parker Four-Row Park Carousel, [3] is a carousel formerly installed at Portland, Oregon's Jantzen Beach, in the United States.

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History

The carousel was built circa 1904 [1] by C. W. Parker in Abilene, Kansas, for use at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. [4] It was later moved to Venice Beach, California, where it began operating in 1921. [4] In 1928, the carousel was repossessed and its parts were relocated to Portland for the opening of Jantzen Beach Amusement Park. [5] Since then, the park became a shopping mall, Jantzen Beach Center. The carousel was removed during the mall's $50 million renovation in 2012, [6] and reportedly remains in storage on site. [7]

In 1987, the carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with four others. [1] However, it was delisted in 2008 because of plans for relocation to the Portland Children's Museum, [3] [8] which never came to fruition. The carousel has been designated "endangered" by the Architectural Heritage Center. [8] In 2012, it was included in the Historic Preservation League of Oregon's list of Oregon's Most Endangered Places. [9]

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. [10]

On September 7, 2017, it was made public that the carousel had been donated in spring 2017 to Restore Oregon, a nonprofit organization; the donation had been kept private until the transfer was complete. [11] In 2023, The Astorian reported that Astoria was being considered as a permanent location. A final decision by Restore Oregon is expected by September 15. [12]

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