{"nrhp_refnum":"91001963","name":"Highland Park Carousel","other_names":["En-Joie Park Carousel","Ideal Park Carousel"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Highland Park, Cooper Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Endwell","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.12494763300003,"lon":-76.02918587499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Entertainment/Recreation","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A hand-carved, all-wooden, three-abreast carousel with its sixteen-sided wooden pavilion, now in Highland Park near Endwell, Town of Union, Broome County, New York. It was made by the Allan Herschell Company, bought between about 1920 and 1925 for Ideal (later En-Joie) Park in Endicott, and moved to its present site around 1967.","why_significant":"Under Criterion A, it represents welfare capitalism: Endicott Johnson Corporation president George F. Johnson donated carousels for free public use as part of his vision of worker recreation and reform. Under Criterion C, it is a rare surviving hand-carved all-wooden Allan Herschell carousel, one of only nineteen known and one of eleven three-abreast machines still operating. It keeps all its original carved figures and its original pavilion.","narrative":"Set on a grassy hill in Highland Park, this carousel carries thirty-six hand-carved wooden figures arranged three abreast: thirty-four horses, a pig and a dog, all jumpers, plus two chariots. The Allan Herschell Company of North Tonawanda built it, and it was bought between about 1920 and 1925 for Ideal Park, later En-Joie Park, in Endicott. It was moved with its sixteen-sided wooden pavilion to Highland Park around 1967. Endicott Johnson president George F. Johnson gave six carousels to Broome County residents, requiring that they stay free to ride. The nomination treats them as an example of welfare capitalism, in which an employer shaped workers' leisure time. The carousel is also valued as a rare survivor: only nineteen all-wooden Herschell carousels of this type are recorded, and this is one of eleven three-abreast machines still running. Its figures have been repainted in places, but all original carvings remain, and it still gives free rides each summer.","period_of_significance":"c1920-c1925","architect_builder":"Allan Herschell Company","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still operating and offering rides free of charge to the public through the summer; figures repainted, scenery panels replaced with mirrors, and pavilion roof re-shingled.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.827318-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91001963.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001963/39a9932ebd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001963/39a9932ebd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kfbill08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park_Carousel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kfbill08</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park_Carousel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312148","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_Carousel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5758963"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/highland-park-carousel-91001963/"}