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| designated_other1_num_position=bottom | image = Highland Park Dentzel Carousel 1.JPG | caption = | location= Meridian, Mississippi | lat_degrees = 32 | lat_minutes = 22 | lat_seconds = 36.67 | lat_direction = N | long_degrees = 88 | long_minutes = 43 | long_seconds = 7 | long_direction = W | locmapin = Mississippi | map_caption = Location of Highland Park Dentzel Carousel in Mississippi | built = 1896 | architect= Dentzel Carousel Corp. | architecture= | added = February 27, 1987 | designated_nrhp_type = February 27, 1987 | refnum=87000863 | governing_body = Local }} The Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building is a carousel and building in Highland Park in Meridian, Mississippi. Manufactured about 1896 for the 1904 St. Louis Exposition〔(Waymarking.com - Dentzel Carousel )〕 by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the carousel was sold and shipped to Meridian. Highland Park Dentzel Carousel has been in operation since 1909 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.〔 It is the only remaining two-row stationary Dentzel menagerie in the world.〔(Attractions in Meridian, MS )〕 Its closest contemporaries both are held in Indiana. The Children's Museum carousel, also called ''The Carousel of Wishes and Dreams'' in Indianapolis, was probably manufactured pre-1900. It is not a pure Dentzel product, though; much of the original carousel has been modified from its original design. In Logansport, the ''Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel'' has been partially restored. It is dated between 1900 and 1903, although it may predate 1900 as well.〔 ==The Carousel== Original oil paintings of museum quality adorn the top crown of the carousel. The carousel is approximately in diameter, smaller than the time's standard 2-abreast — in diameter,〔 with 28 animals, two-abreast, and 2 chariots, providing seating for 36 people. All 28 animals on the carousel, including a lion, a tiger, 2 deer, 2 antelope, 2 giraffes, and 20 horses, are meticulously hand-carved of bass and poplar wood and have been recently restored to their original beauty. Meridian's Dentzel Carousel arrived in the city in 1909 and has since occupied the same location in Highland Park. Its house, also a National Historic Landmark, is the only remaining original carousel building built from a Dentzel blueprint. The carousel building was closed from 1983 to 1984 for major restoration, performed by Ralph E. Young Contractor, Inc. The carousel animals were removed and placed in various local institutions while funds were raised.〔 From 1984 to 1995, the animals, chariots, and canvas oil paintings of the carousel were meticulously restored to their original beauty. Colors and designs were documented with careful color matching, tracing of designs, working drawings, and photographs showing where colors and designs originally occurred. The restoration was done by Rosa Ragan of Raleigh, N.C., one of the foremost restoration specialists in the U.S.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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