The Western Reserve Historical Society is helping to rebuild the Euclid Beach Grand Carousel and make it available for rides again in 2013.
Last week, workers broke ground in University Circle for an all-glass pavilion attached to the Western Reserve Historical Society History Center that will house the carousel.
This is a $2 million project spearheaded by the Euclid Beach Carousel Society and Euclid Beach Now that is expected to be finished by late 2013. Euclid Beach, located in the Collinwood neighborhood in Cleveland, closed in 1969. After that, the carousel operated at an amusement park in Maine. It was brought back in 2007 by Cleveland’s Trust for Public Land, restored, and given as a gift to the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Although Euclid Beach closed many years ago, many older Clevelanders still have fond memories of the once wildly popular amusement park. One of its most distinguishing features, the arched main gate, has been declared a Cleveland landmark, and is now protected from demolition. It was rebuilt and rededicated in June, 2007.
