Myrtle Beach Carousel Horses and
The Herschell-Spillman Carousel

New photos added 2013

In May, 2003, fifty carousel horses were completed and put on view at Myrtle Square Mall's Carousel Court and food court. They remained there until the Sun Fun Festival 2003, when they became a part of the festival parade, then they were displayed at locations throughout the city for the rest of the summer. Businesses, groups and individuals paid $5,000 to sponsor a horse. The sponsors selected the design for each horse from sketches submitted by local artists. At the end of the summer, the fiberglass horses were auctioned off, and the money raised was used to benefit the effort to restore the Rivoli Theater. The Rivoli Theater was not restored, and now the horses, owned by businesses or individuals, have become scattered and often hard to locate.

Above, and left are the horses I viewed originally at Myrtle Square Mall in May, 2003. You can find a .pdf, Pretty Ponies, which goes into some description about the original Carousel horses.

The remainder of the original horses photos were spotted between 2006 and 2013.

Wally with Carousel horse at the Radisson Convention Ctr., now the Sherator

The Peoples' Choice Award (left) was painted by Kay Payne and commissioned by Santee Cooper. It now resides inside the Myrtle Beach City Hall.

The Herschell-Spillman Carousel

The Herschell-Spillman Carousel was built in 1912 and was originally located at the Pavilion Amusement Park in downtown Myrtle Beach. The Pavilion closed in September of 2006, and in July 2007, the Herschell-Spillman Carousel was brought to the "Pavilion Nostalgia Park" at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC. It is one of only 15 working Herschell-Spillman carousels left in this country.

Carousel at Pavilion Nostalgia Park at Broadway on the Beach.

Below: These carousel animals represernt The Philadelphia style and the Coney Island Style of engraving. They are from a private collection and at times are on loan to Brookgreen Gardensm. See bottom of this page for more information on these carved animal figures.

Carousel Animals Brookgreen Nights of a Thousand Candles

Lion - Animals Brookgreen Nightrs of a Thousand Candles

My Myrtle Beach Links

Myrtle Beach Carousel Horses and The Herschell-Spillman Carousel

New photos added 2013

Myrtle Beach Carousel Horses and
The Herschell-Spillman Carousel