The Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel has reopened.
The colorful, hand-carved wooden horses, once at Euclid Beach Park on Cleveland’s lakefront, welcomes riders once again at the Cleveland History Center. Guests can enjoy rides on this beloved historical treasure every Saturday and Sunday when they visit the CHC.
As always, WRHS Members are welcome at no charge, but advance tickets are requested. Reserve your tickets at cletix.com.
In 2014, nearly 45 years after the park closed, the crown jewel of Euclid Beach Park- the Grand Carousel- made its return to Northeast Ohio. Restored by Carousel Works in Mansfield Ohio, it opened to the public in the fall of 2014.
Guests can now enjoy a ride on many of the original horses and see hand-painted scenes depicting Cleveland icons and Euclid Beach Park.
A Brief History of the Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel:
- 1910: Philadelphia Toboggan Co. (PTC) creates a new, larger, grander carousel (known as PTC#19) for Euclid Beach Park, with 4 rows of horses, 3 inside rows of “jumpers” and an outside row of nearly life size stationary horses and 2 chariots.
- 1969: Euclid Beach Park closes and the Carousel is sold to Palace Playland in Maine.
- 1996: Palace Playland is sold. The Carousel is consigned to an auctioneer who moves the Carousel back to Cleveland. Purchased by The Trust for Public Land, the Carousel is sold to Cleveland Tomorrow.
- 1998: Cleveland Tomorrow places the Carousel under the stewardship of the Western Reserve Historical Society. WRHS begins restoration of all horses and chariots to the 1910 period.
- 1999-2000: Restoration of figures is completed.
- 2004: Cleveland Tomorrow gifts the horses and chariots to WRHS, making WRHS the full and sole owners of the Carousel.
- 2010: On the 100th Anniversary of the Carousel, WRHS partners with Cleveland’s Euclid Beach Park Carousel Society and Euclid Beach Park Now to return the Carousel to public use.
- 2014: The Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel once again opens up to the public for rides.
- March 2020 – The carousel closed because of the pandemic.
