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C. Fred Johnson Park Carousel

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C Fred Johnson Park Carousel
C Fred Johnson Park Carousel

C. Fred Johnson Park Carousel is a historic carousel located at Johnson City in Broome County, New York. The carousel and its pavilion were built in 1923. The carousel is housed in a wooden, two story, 18-sided, enclosed pavilion topped by a six sided cupola. The carousel has 72 figures - all horses - each of which is a "jumper." It was constructed by the Allan Herschell Company. It is one of six carousels donated to the citizens of Broome County by George F. Johnson (1857–1948), president of Endicott Johnson Corporation.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.Other carousels located in the Greater Binghamton Region: George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel George W. Johnson Park Carousel Highland Park Carousel Ross Park Carousel West Endicott Park Carousel

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C. Fred Johnson Park Carousel
Lester Avenue, Town of Union

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13790 Town of Union
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Johnson City Historic District
Johnson City Historic District

Johnson City Historic District is a national historic district located at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. It encompasses 183 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a mixed, residential, commercial, and industrial core of Johnson City. It developed between about 1888 and 1966, and includes notable examples of Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, and Streamline Moderne style architecture. Located in the district are the previously listed Goodwill Theatre, United States Post Office, and Your Home Library. Other notable contributing resources include the Endicott-Johnson Athletic Association East Branch Recreational Center (1947), St. James Roman Catholic Church Complex (1914-1950), Ash Block (c. 1901), Tacoma Block (1892, 1945), Rich Block, Dawson Block (1898-1899), Woolworths (c. 1937), Men's Quality Shop (1966), Red Robin Diner (1950, 1959), Thompson Hall (1951), Sarah Jane Johnson Methodist Church (1927), Charles F. Johnson, Jr., House (1919), Endicott-Johnson's Pioneer Annex (1916), Endicott-Johnson's Jigger Factory (1926), Endicott-Johnson's Sunrise Building (1929), Eagle Felt Mill (1898), Ansco Factory and Gate House (1947), Endicott-Johnson's Medical Facility (1918), Endicott-Johnson's Victory Factory (1919-1920), Endicott-Johnson's New Toe Box Factory (1914), Endicott-Johnson's Firehouse (1916), and the Village Hall and Fire Station (1899).It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

West Side, Binghamton
West Side, Binghamton

The West Side, as the name implies, is a neighborhood in the western section of the New York State city of Binghamton. It is primarily an urban residential neighborhood with retail along Main Street and pockets of industrial buildings along the train tracks. The West Side, can be defined as encompassing the area north of the Susquehanna River, east of the neighboring village of Johnson City along Margaret Street and Floral Avenue, west of the Chenango River and south of the Norfolk Southern tracks. The area's "main drag" is Main Street which carries NY-17C. It runs from the foot of the Court Street Bridge west and into Johnson City. It is lined with retail, consisting of several large supermarkets, churches, pharmacies, bank branches, a few bars and restaurants as well as a few mom and pop shops. Other important streets in the neighborhood are Riverside Drive, Front Street which carries US-11, Leroy Street, Grand Boulevard and Floral Avenue. The West Side is home to Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Recreation Park, Binghamton High School, Seton Catholic Central, and St. Patrick's Church. Recreation Park and the area south of it are part of the Abel Bennett Tract Historic District. The American Civic Association, on Front Street, was the site of the Binghamton shooting, where 13 people were killed by a shooter before he committed suicide. Apart from commercial Main Street and some industrial buildings one block north of it along the Norfolk Southern tracks, the West Side of Binghamton is primarily an urban residential neighborhood. The housing stock ranges from small to large, detached, single and double-family houses to attached row-houses and larger apartment buildings. Generally, the area south of Main Street towards Riverside Drive and the Susquehanna River is inhabited mainly by people of lower middle to upper-class. The area north of Main Street is inhabited by people of a lower income. Many college students also live in the area south of Main Street near/around Recreation Park.