Highland Park (Meridian, Mississippi)
Highland Park | |
Lagoon in Highland Park | |
| Location | Meridian, Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°22′30.8″N 88°43′5.9″W / 32.375222°N 88.718306°W |
| Area | 32 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Adolph R. Arp |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001325 |
| USMS No. | 075-MER-0960-NR-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1979 |
| Designated USMS | August 1, 1984 |
Highland Park is a historic park in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Home to a museum honoring Jimmie Rodgers, a Meridian native, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The park is also home to the Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, a National Historic Landmark manufactured around 1896 by Gustav Dentzel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The historic carousel is the only two-row stationary Dentzel menagerie still in existence.