Crescent Park Looff Carousel
Crescent Park Looff Carousel | |
Riders on carousel, 2008 | |
| Location | Bullock's Point Ave., East Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′23″N 71°21′33″W / 41.75639°N 71.35917°W |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | Charles I.D. Looff |
| MPS | East Providence MRA (AD) (2.6MB) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000045 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 21, 1976 |
| Designated NHL | February 27, 1987 |
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.