Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome

Infobox_nrhp | name =Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption =
location= Santa Monica, California
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 0
lat_seconds = 36.36
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 29
long_seconds = 43.45
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1916
architect= Looff,Charles & Arthur
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= February 27, 1987cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1979&ResourceType=Building
title=Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome |accessdate=2007-11-18|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = February 27, 1987cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=87000766

The Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome is located on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. It was designed and built in 1916 by Charles I. D. Looff and his son Arthur to hold a Looff Carousel. Looff's carousel was housed at the Hippodrome until it was sold in 1939. It was replaced by a Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #62 that was used at Ocean Park Pier. Since 1977, the carousel has been owned by the city of Santa Monica, California [ [http://www.santamonicapier.org/carousel_history.html Santa Monica Pier ] ] . The building remains a rare example of structures that used to be on the Amusement pier. It was restored from 1977 through 1981 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/87000766.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/87000766.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Looff's Hippodrome / Santa Monica Amusement Pier Carousel Building] |321 KB|date=November 2, 1984 |author=James H. Charleton |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/87000766.pdf Accompanying 1 photo, from 1985.] |397 KB]

References

External links

*http://www.santamonicapier.org/carousel_history.html