This trolley park went through a few iterations:Hanover Grovefrom 1880-1892, Hanover Park from 1893-1904 and Sans Souci Park until 1970. He owned a total of 44 parks. Find a Park UPV Chamber of Commerce The mechanism is in storage and needs a new home. The parkis continuingto rebuild attractions. . After many years of planning and with the help of local and state funding, we are pleased to present this area to our community. The roller coaster at Four Mile Creek Amusement Park suffered so much damage in the storm that precipitated the Mill Creek flood of August 03, 1915, that it had to be torn down. This digitized postcard shows the entrance to Pittsburgh's Luna Park. It was addedtothe National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Rocky Springs had many attractions, starting with a dance pavilion andgrowing to have dozens of rides, including four roller coasters in its history. It was operated by the Pennsylvania Power Companyuntil selling the site to the City of New Castle in 1934. The Philadelphia style of Contact Property. Calsamilia also painted the Lenape machine in the late 1930s. Alameda suffered declining attendance after trolleys stopped servicing the park in 1941, but it remained open a couple more seasons. Dentzel in Glen Echo Park, For over 10,000 years they have been the caretakers of these lands and of The River of Human Beings, more commonly known as the Delaware River. Park Avenue Improvements; Road maintenance; Snow Events and Emergencies; . Images from the Perkasie Historical Society Collection. A barn in Fairview Park inSalem Township, Westmoreland County. immigrated to the United States from Europe in the late 19th 1927-Rock-Springs-WV-Dentzel-Muller-carousel-Tuttle-photo, 1927-Rock-Springs-Muller-carousel-jumper-Tuttle-photo, 1927-Rock-Springs-WV-military-Muller-carousel-horse-Tuttle-photo, 1927-Rock-Springs-WV-D-C-Muller-carousel-horse-Tuttle-photo, 1927-Rock-Springs-WV-Dentzel-Muller-carousel-ca-1970. Still, the long-gone park appears on some modern maps. The Harold G. Fulmer Nature Preserve is a passive recreation area within Upper Milford Township. If you're looking for moreremnants of the past, check out these posts: Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Popular rides such as a Ferris wheel and roller coaster were later additions. G. Roy Waltman established Sunset Park as a music venue in 1939. The Lenape people are the original inhabitants of Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New York. The park booked country music acts from across the country, from Hank Williams to Dolly Parton. 152, Perkasie, Pennsylvania Rain Date July 16, 2023 The decline of manufacturing jobs in the area led to fewer visitors, and the park closed in 1987 as a result of decreased attendance and higher insurance costs. Starr Island/Indian Park (1898-1924 or 1925). 1927-Rock-Springs-Muller-carousel-jumper-Tuttle-photo The local trolley company opened Central Park in 1892. Playland's demise is relatively unclear, though the Boulevard Pools down the street were demolished in 1978 to make room for development. Kauffman owned several other businesses and buildings in the area, including the Mount Gretna Inn. Ontelaunee wassold to Lynn Township in 2000andnow operates the land as a municipal park. There are mowed grass paths and soon to be a marked walking trail. There were no menagerie on the Rock Springs machine. Lenape Park became the place for picnic outings each summer by Sunday Schools, fraternal organizations, "old fiddlers", and many other groups. Lake Lenape Park, a 17.5 acre parcel located off Park Road, will re-open today as a passive recreation park for people to hold picnics, play softball or volleyball, or take a stroll. It closed in1984. MLS # PABK2026978 . All this was accompanied by the Lenape Park is located on both sides of the East Branch Perkiomen Creek with a bikeway constructed along one side of the creek. Organized sports leagues do pay a small fee to use our fields. The contents of the park was put up for auction. Smith died before he The death of then-owner George Harton III caused the park to fall into disrepair and more patrons were instead visiting Kennywood. Full view. The arealater was renamed andmore attractions were brought in. Willow Park had just over a dozenridesand a nearly 1-million gallon swimming pool, but some manyremember it more for the odd promotion that involveda man buried in a glass coffin for a week. Rides were auctioned off and the remaining structureswere later razed. A swimming pool opened at Edgewood in 1926. All Right Reserved. The favorite entertainment on (Patriot-News file), Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County. The Lenape Park Amphitheater is located in Perkasie's Lenape Park. Parks. The wooden coaster wasbought by David Pickstoneduring an auction at Willow Mill Park in 1994. The area is now a water treatment facility. Herb Youtie openedthis kiddie park inthe early 1950s. Little boys sporting baseball caps plainly too big for their heads. Valley View was owned by the Laurel Line until 1914 whenOgden Brothers Company took over. Pavilions A&B both have electric, not C. Limit 50 people per each pavilion. It was called Pifer's Park for a few years before he renamed ita portmanteau combiningnearby towns of Berwick and Nescopeck. Most carousel carvers (Photo courtesy of Monroeville Historical Society). As an adult, Boldeagle works to combat some of that stigma. Its frame found a home in Carousel World, but the horses are spread far and wide. We are proud to support the 50th Annual Pennridge Community Day, to be held on July 10 in Perkasie's Lenape Park. A fire destroyed the dance pavilionand damaged the park's single roller coaster in 1925. A municipal park of the same name comprises the other part. Now the area is home to the Hanover Area High School. During the course of its run, Alameda featured one wooden roller coaster, a Ferris wheel and a boating lake. The name, which references ferns on creek banks inside the park, was suggested by a teacher. The area was known as Roxbury Park from 1896 until amusement rides were added in 1905. The Waverly, Sayre & Athens Traction Company opened Keystone in1908to increase ridership. This park just outside of Port Carbon was called both Schuylkill Park and Dream City. Plans to transform the land into a state park fell through. He continued to run the park until his death in 1966. Carousel Horses. Holt said these are renaissance times for carousels. This 20-acre trolley park was designed to resemble "an oriental town" with architecture in Moorish and East Indian styles. This trolley park was opened by the Pittsburgh Railways Company, which also operated Kennywood, Oakwood and Southern Park. They called it Felician Parkuntil it was renamed Rock Point. (Photo courtesy of Richard Rockwell). Helaterthe famed Philadelphia Toboggan Company withChester Albright in 1904. Here's another "Throwback Thursday" picture of Luna Park (which is now Roxbury Park) in Johnstown. A recognized historian, Sally serves as a judge-captain for the south-east Pennsylvania regionals of the National History Day Competition. century. Dentzel and the competing Philadelphia Toboggan Company was ultra realistic, Perkasie, PA 18944. Others were shut down after severe storms and fires. AfterWaltman died in 1957, the park continued for decades undermanagement of son Lawrence Waltman and his wife, Hazel. Frank Wagner established the park as an automobile destination instead of relying on trolley service like many other early 1900s parks. At the North Main Street side there is a Veterans Monument honoring those citizens who have served our country. It featured a variety of rides and a dance hall, which was later turned into an arcade. It contained a roller coaster, dance pavilion and other rides. the park for over fifty years. It had seven rides to start and three lakes, but no white swans like the name would imply. Coloring Pages. Perkasie is also home to one of the remaining historic covered bridges of Bucks County. West Point Park was the last remaining amusement park in the counties surrounding Philadelphia. Lake Lenape park offers a macadam bicycle/walking path, small play area, comfort stations, one regulation ballfield and three smaller fields. This is a carousel with tiles that activate property listing cards. Email: parkandrec@perkasieborough.org. (Photo courtesy of Mount Gretna Historical Society). It began when farmer Hesekiah Zieber opened his land to picnickers in 1868. The area is now a nature park and picnic area. The base, carved in 1926, and the chariots are by Daniel Muller, considered by many to be the greatest carousel carver. That same year, Ogden moved structures from their closing Mountain Park to Valley View. There is a community playground with walking trails and Lenape Park is a short walk away. horse to grace their living room should be prepared to lay out a minimum of Amusement parks have changeddramatically in the past 150 years. He later spent part of 1927 at the Hot Springs at Bad-Naugeim, Germany. This park had a dance hall and a variety of rides, including one largeroller coaster. Jerome Pifer, a former tailor, ran a carousel at Hazle Park in the early 1900s. The West Chester Street Railway 389. Stella's. 74. . Lenape continued to struggle financially and closed in 1985. . The park was operated by the Karl and Ralph Strohl. Trolley service stopped going to the park in 1939, and the park saw decreased attendance until itclosed in1950. Send Email. When the railroad sold the park in 1917, Abraham Kauffman hoped to purchase it. While music . Click to view the Park Reservation Policy. Sunset Park (1939-1995) G. Roy Waltman established Sunset Park as a music venue in 1939. Now the land is a municipal park of the same name. cymbals. By MitchPhyllis65. But some pieces are considered so valuable, including some in the carousel museum at Peddlers Village, they are never offered for sale. On May 30, 1892, Perkasie's new amusement park, Menlo Park, officially opened to the public. $10-$15,000 and up. The park closed in 1977. Technical difficulties in getting trolley service to the island (ice floes kept ruining the tracks) resulted in the park's closure. Sopko's initial list includes at least 50 parks to research from Sewickley's White Swan Park to Lenape Park in Kittanning, and Cabana Beach Park in Washington County to Four Mile Creek . This park had a picnic grove and dance pavilion in its early years, later getting a carousel, arcade and shooting gallery. The HarrisburgTraction Company opened it in 1891with a theater, shooting gallery and merry-go-round. The gigantic swimming pool is now a parking lot, but the pond was incorporated into the Penn State campus. The park entrance is located at 6303 Harding Highway in Mays Landing and encompasses nearly two-thousand acres of land, all the way up to the Black Horse Pike (Route . Although with each auction in the late 1980s prices kept creeping up, I believe that it was the Muller stander from Rock Springs that was the first horse to really push the envelope, so to speak, going for a world record auction price of a whopping $63,500 in the spring of 1988. issued by Thomas Penn in a 1764 edition of the Pennsylvania Gazette an enlargement of it was included in the Lenape Nation of PA's "Fulfilling a Prophecy" exhibit. Stand Tall. (215) 257-5065 x115. Local History. The carnival is a creepy enough place to begin with: clowns, piping organ music, a mysterious atmosphere, and very overpriced food. This documentary takes you on a sentim. It later added two roller coasters and tilt-a-whirl, as well as turned the theater into a funhouse. The amusementparkshut down 1989. The Rocky Springs Carousel was purchased through $1.3 million in community donations in the late 1990s, butitstill sits in storage. The previous record price for a carousel horse at the time was another Rock Springs Muller, which had sold the previous fall in the high $50s. The owners also experienced management issues and additional flooding, all of which have further delayed reopening. This park operated from 1957 to 1988. Restaurants. This park opened in 1924 with its main attraction being a roller rink. She has served as president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates as well as the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford where she now curates the violin collection. We previously looked at 44 notable amusement parks of the past. Aug 22, 2017 - Explore Kathy Buffington Shappell's board "Lenape Park" on Pinterest. coats of armor or lush blankets of flowers. Swatara had a kiddie roller coaster, swimming pools, Ferris wheel, carousel and some other small rides. 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