A rare surviving operational Looff carousel, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The carousel is housed in a 12-sided wooden structure topped by a scallop-shingled roof with a monitor center and a central cupola.

The horses are each uniquely painted, and are set in a variety of poses and facial expressions.

[3] It was originally located at Savin Rock Amusement Park in West Haven, Connecticut, and was moved to Lake Compounce in 1911.

[4] At that time it was also modified by Tim Murphy to include a recently designed mechanism for making the horses go up and down.