Herschel-Spillman Two-Row Portable Menagerie Carousel
P.T. Gifford, of Iowa Falls, at some point acquired the carousel and brought it to Story City every other year on the Fourth of July. It alternated with Eldora. The Greater Community Congress of Story City bought the carousel for $1,200 in 1938 when the usual arrangement fell through. It was stored in a local grain elevator when it was not is use until 1981 when the Greater Community Congress restored the carousel and had a pavilion built to shelter it. Butler Manufacturing Company designed the pavilion, which was completed in 1982 for $63,000. The carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ James E. Jacobsen. "Herschel-Spillman Two-Row Portable Menagerie Carousel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-02-06. with photos