The Coeur d’Alene Carousel is many things, but perhaps one of the best ways to describe it would be to call it a historical gem of the city. Originally built in New York in 1922, the carousel was originally called the Spillman Junior carousel and was created by the Herschell-Spillman Engineering Company. It was created for the use of a traveling carnival and featured 20 ponies in addition to 2 chariots. Eventually, the carousel found its permanent home on the Playland Pier of Coeur d’Alene where it amused and entertained thousands of guests from 19422 to 1974. After the pier’s amusement park was closed, the carousel disappeared into obscurity until it was rediscovered in Washington in 1986 and returned to Coeur d’Alene in 2010 thanks to the efforts of local history buffs and John and Pat Foote.

439 W Fort Grounds Drive, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814, Phone: 208-666-4879

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