Built 1925 NRHP Reference # 91001967 Area 3,642 m² | Architect Herschell, Allan, Co. Opened 1925 Added to NRHP 25 January 1992 | |
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Similar Ross Park Carousel, Harlow E Bundy House, Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Discovery Center of the South, Phelps Mansion | ||
Recreation park carousel binghamton ny sep 2010
George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel is a historic carousel located at Binghamton in Broome County, New York. The carousel and its pavilion were built in 1925. The carousel is housed in a wooden, one story, 16-sided, pavilion topped by a cupola. The carousel has 60 horses standing four abreast, each of which is a "jumper," and two chariots. It was constructed by the Allan Herschell Company and contains its original Wurlitzer Military Band Organ. It is one of six carousels donated to the citizens of Broome County by George F. Johnson (1857–1948), president of Endicott Johnson Corporation.
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Map of CFJ Carousel, C F J Blvd, Johnson City, NY 13790, USA
This carousel, the gazebo, and in fact, the entire Recreation Park served as inspiration to Rod Serling's classic Twilight Zone episode entitled "Walking Distance." Serling is honored with a bronze plaque in the floor of the gazebo as well as with beautiful paintings, depicting memorable scenes from The Twilight Zone, on the carousel. Recreation Park is as close to the Twilight Zone as one might get, without crossing over.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Other carousels located in the Greater Binghamton Region: