{"nrhp_refnum":"04000706","name":"Forest Park Carousel","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Woodhaven Blvd. and Myrtle Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodhaven","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.70087717700005,"lon":-73.85823710099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1903 hand-carved carousel made by D.C. Muller and Brother Company, located in Forest Park at Woodhaven Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue in Woodhaven, Queens, New York. It was originally built for a Massachusetts park and moved to Queens in 1972.","why_significant":"The carousel is a representative early twentieth century machine and a rare surviving work of master carver Daniel C. Muller. It is the more intact of only two known surviving carousels built by the Muller company. All of its original 52 figures survive, which is unusual, and they show the Philadelphia style of carving.","narrative":"A carousel built in 1903 by D.C. Muller and Brother Company stands near the center of Forest Park in Woodhaven, Queens. It was first made for a park in Massachusetts and was moved to Queens in 1972, taking the site of a Dentzel carousel destroyed by fire in 1966. It carries 52 carved figures, including 36 jumpers, 13 standers, three menagerie animals and two chariots, plus its original Ruth band organ. Daniel Muller, a German-born carver trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, is regarded as one of the finest carousel carvers. His horses show the Philadelphia style, with realistic forms, tucked heads, wind-blown manes and detailed military trappings. His company built only a small number of carousels, and this is one of two known to survive. Its figures all remain original, which is unusual. The open pavilion, scenery panels and painted rounding boards are later work from the 1988 restoration and 2002 repainting, but the structure, motor, organ and figures are original.","period_of_significance":"1903","architect_builder":"Muller, D.C.","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored in 1988 and reopened 4 July 1989; substantially intact, with a non-historic 1988 pavilion and replacement scenery panels and rounding boards. Described as in service in Forest Park.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.599827-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000706.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000706/0a7f50dd44-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000706/0a7f50dd44-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_Park_lion_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_Park_lion_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321086","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Park_Carousel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5469051"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/forest-park-carousel-04000706/"}