The Santa Monica Pier Carousel

The Santa Monica Pier Carousel (HM10N2)

Location: Santa Monica, CA 90401 Los Angeles County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 0.605', W 118° 29.766'

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The Hippodrome (also known as the "Carousel Building") was built in 1916 by famous carousel carver Charles I.D. Looff. Its unique combination of Byzantine, Moorish, and California design made it easily identifiable among the festive, eclectic architecture of Santa Monica Bay in the early 20th century.

Among the last of its kind, the building was inaugurated into the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The carousel housed inside a 1922 Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel (PTC #62), boasts 44 hard-carved horses and two sleighs. It is the third carousel to be located in the Hippodrome, and has been here since 1947.
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HM NumberHM10N2
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Placed ByAngel City Press and The Mcauley Family
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Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 4:27am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 361848 N 3764283
Decimal Degrees34.01008333, -118.49610000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 0.605', W 118° 29.766'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 0' 36.30" N, 118° 29' 45.96" W
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Area Code(s)323, 714, 310, 818, 424
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 200 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica CA 90401, US
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