Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi)

Highland Park
Lagoon in Highland Park
Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi) is located in Mississippi
Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi)
Location of Highland Park in Mississippi
Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi) is located in the United States
Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi)
Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi) (the United States)
LocationMeridian, Mississippi
Coordinates32°22′30.8″N 88°43′5.9″W / 32.375222°N 88.718306°W / 32.375222; -88.718306
Area32 acres (13 ha)
Built1909
ArchitectAdolph R. Arp
NRHP reference No.79001325
USMS No.075-MER-0960-NR-ML
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1979[2]
Designated USMSAugust 1, 1984[1]

Highland Park is a historic park in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Home to a museum honoring Jimmie Rodgers, a Meridian native, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The park is also home to the Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, a National Historic Landmark manufactured around 1896 by Gustav Dentzel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The historic carousel is the only two-row stationary Dentzel menagerie still in existence.

  1. ^ "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.