All 28 animals on the carousel, including a lion, a tiger, 2 deer, 2 antelope, 2 giraffes, and 20 horses, are meticulously hand-carved of brass and poplar wood and have been recently restored to their original beauty.

Its house, also a National Historic Landmark, is the only remaining original carousel building built from a Dentzel blueprint.

The exterior of the building is distinctive in appearance with a low, square, main block and a central section of octagonal roof with clerestory light windows.

Inside the building, the original mosaic tile floor with a large snowflake pattern in green, yellow, terracotta, and white is intact.

Edward continued the business for a short while in California, but quickly gave up the craft after the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression to build homes in Beverly Hills, CA.

David M. Dentzel, William III's younger brother, has also carved several large horses and menagerie animals.

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