Lander Park Carousel

Infobox_nrhp | name =Parker Carousel
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= 412 S. Campbell St., Abilene, Kansas
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 41
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 97
long_minutes = 12
long_seconds = 31
long_direction = W
locmapin = Kansas
area =
built =1898
architect= Charles W. Parker Amusement Co.
architecture=
designated= February 27, 1987cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1981&ResourceType=Structure
title=Parker Carousel |accessdate=2008-04-03|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 = Private
refnum=87000813The Lander Park Carousel (1928-1959), known also as Parker Carousel, Dickinson County Parker Carousel, or Riverton Park Carousel (1959-1976) is a carousel in Abilene, Kansas. It is one of only three surviving carousels out of about 68 built by Abilene's Charles W. Parker Carousel Company, and it is the only remains of the company in Abilene today.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/87000813.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Lander Parker Carousel (1928-59) / Dickinson County Parker Carousel; Riverton Parker Carousel (1959-76)] |32 KB|date=November, 1985 |author=James H. Charleton |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/87000813.pdf "Accompanying three photos, from 1910, 1985, and undated"] |32 KB]

ee also

*C. W. Parker Carousel in British Columbia

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