Crescent Park Looff Carousel

Crescent Park Looff Carousel
Riders on carousel, 2008
Crescent Park Looff Carousel is located in Rhode Island
Crescent Park Looff Carousel
Crescent Park Looff Carousel is located in the United States
Crescent Park Looff Carousel
LocationBullock's Point Ave., East Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°45′23″N 71°21′33″W / 41.75639°N 71.35917°W / 41.75639; -71.35917
Built1895; 129 years ago (1895)
ArchitectCharles I.D. Looff
MPSEast Providence MRA (AD) (2.6MB)
NRHP reference No.76000045
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1976[1]
Designated NHLFebruary 27, 1987[2]

Crescent Park Looff Carousel, also known as Crescent Park Carousel or more officially as Crescent Park Looff Carousel and Shelter Building, is a National Historic Landmark in East Providence, Rhode Island.

The hand-carved carousel was built in 1895 by Charles I. D. Looff at his Brooklyn, New York factory and installed at Crescent Park Amusement Park in the Riverside section of East Providence, Rhode Island. The ride's fifty-foot platform contains sixty-one horses, one camel, two single coaches, and two double chariots. Fifty-six of the horses are jumpers. It is among the finest and least-altered of Looff's surviving carousels, serving as a showcase for his workmanship.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Crescent Park Looff Carousel". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2008.