Jantzen Beach Carousel

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.

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

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]

See also

References
  1. Skinner, Jean (December 3, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Oregon Historic Wooden Carousels" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 12/31/07 through 1/04/08". National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List. National Park Service. January 11, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  4. Marum, Anna (September 7, 2017). "The Jantzen Beach carousel: A timeline". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  5. Kaza, Paul (August 3, 2017). "Jantzen Beach carousel's whereabouts remain a mystery". The Columbian. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  6. Marum, Anna (June 24, 2015). "What ever happened to the Jantzen Beach carousel? Location remains a mystery". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  7. Marum, Anna (July 21, 2015). "Commissioner Nick Fish found the Jantzen Beach carousel". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  8. "Endangered: Historic Jantzen Beach Wooden Carousel". Architectural Heritage Center. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  9. "Jantzen Beach Carousel". Historic Preservation League of Oregon. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  10. Marum, Anna (July 11, 2017). "Jantzen Beach Center sold; carousel location remains a mystery". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  11. Marum, Anna (September 7, 2017). "Jantzen Beach carousel location revealed: Now it needs a real home". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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