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Paragon Park
Paragon Park has closed (last season: 1984). This page covers its history and the rides it had.
- Location
- Hull, Massachusetts
- Opened
- 1905
- Closed
- 1984
- Rides listed
- 0
Rides it had
No rides listed for Paragon Park yet.
Paragon Park closed after the 1984 season, when the land was sold for condominiums, and its rides were auctioned in June 1985. Its Giant Coaster moved to Wild World in Maryland and ran as The Wild One until 2025; its 1928 carousel still operates in Hull as the Paragon Carousel.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragon_Park (Nantasket Beach, Hull, MA; opened June 10, 1905; closed September 30, 1984; owners Larry and Phyllis Stone; site developed into condominiums; Giant Coaster (1917) removed 1985, reopened 1986 as The Wild One at Six Flags America, which closed in 2025; PTC #85 carousel (1928) moved and now runs as the Paragon Park Carousel.)
- rcdb.com/4718.htm (RCDB park page: Paragon Park, Hull, Massachusetts, defunct, site now condominiums; opening day June 10 (1905); notes conflicting closing year, citing a February 1986 Boston Globe story that the park 'closed for good last summer'; 7 defunct coasters: Giant Coaster, Galaxi, an unknown steel coaster, Wild Mouse, Green Streak, Love Bugs, Virginia Reel.)
- upi.com/Archives/1985/06/12/Amusement-park-favorite-of-Kenne... (June 12, 1985 auction of Paragon Park's rides in Hull; park opened 1905; sold for $5.3 million in 1984 to the Kahn-Quinn Group for 529 condominiums; Giant Coaster sold for $28,000 to Mark Mason of Wild World; carousel stayed in Hull.)
- fiftyplusadvocate.com/2025/07/12/paragon-park-drew-crowds-to... (Opened June 10, 1905 by George A. Dodge; says the park operated until 1985 and the Stone family sold it in 1985 to developer Chester Kahn; carousel bought at auction in 1985 and moved to 205 Nantasket Ave. in 1986; Giant Coaster bought June 12, 1985 and renamed the Wild One at Wild World.)