Carousel building - AVAILABLE for sponsorship
a Victorian dream come true - completed May 2005

t’s a dream come true! It was important to Bob Lyon and the EPCPS that the beloved carousel be protected by a building as glorious as the gem inside its walls. Thanks to the City of Elmira, Chemung County and State Senator George Winner, the dollars needed to complete the “victorianization” of the carousel building were available. A special thank you for at cost and/or donated materials and labor from Matt Doyle of Overhead Door, Pella Corporation, Lowe’s, The Glass Company, Hetrick Glass, Cadillac Aluminum, Hale Roofing, Coon’s Supply, Elk Corporation of Canada, Certainteed Corporation, Erie Building Supply, DeMuth Electric, Twin Tier Paint and Wall Covering, Blaine Overraker, Mark Embree, Jeff Castor, Tom Burhyte, Tom Erle, Carmen Zito, Walter Booth and many others.

One of the most discerning and fussy contracting companies in the region, Furman and Harkness, is rebuilding the side and front walls from scratch. They then went from the five story tall cupola and worked down; stripping and resheathing the roof over the original roof planking which was rebuilt in 1942 using lumber from the old casino; new vent style decorative windows in the cupola; new high profile 40 year architectural grade shingles by Elk never before used in this area; leaded glass entrance doors with sidelights and circle top transom on the east and west sides; Victorian brackets and rosettes called for by our volunteer architects from Larry Foor and Associates.

You or your organization can sponsor this building and help keep it maintained for generations to come with a $250,000 sponsorship donation. Click here for a pledge card.