Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi)
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Highland Park is a historic park in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Home to a museum honoring Jimmie Rodgers, a Meridian native, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The park is also home to the Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, a National Historic Landmark manufactured around 1896 by Gustav Dentzel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The historic carousel is the only two-row stationary Dentzel menagerie still in existence.
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Highland Park | |
Location | Meridian, Mississippi |
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Coordinates | 32°22′30.8″N 88°43′5.9″W |
Area | 32 acres (13 ha) |
Built | 1909 |
Architect | Adolph R. Arp |
NRHP reference No. | 79001325 |
USMS No. | 075-MER-0960-NR-ML |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 28, 1979[1] |
Designated USMS | August 1, 1984[2] |
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