There have been 3 carousels since the children's playground opened in 1888, but the current one a 1914 version built by the Herschell-Spillman Company. The carousel appeared as one of the main sights at the 1939 World’s Fair on Treasure Island. It was restored in 1984.

The Sharon Building as built in 1888 as a canteen for children and mothers visiting the Golden Gate Park Children's Quarters, and today operates as the Sharon Art Studio community art center.

A marble and bronze statue commemorating a benevolent secret society during WWI, the fountain was built in 1927 to serve both people and horses.

SF Landmark #175 was built in 1896 built as the offices of the Park Commission, as well as the person home of the Park Superintendent, John McLaren for 47 years. Today the building serves as the headquarters of the Rec and Park Department.

Formed in 1901, the Lawn Bowling Club is the oldest lawn bowling club in the United States. The clubhouse was added in 1915.

Sculptor M. Earl Cummings created the bronze animals that flank the park entrance in 1908.

When the 1906 Earthquake and Fire destroyed all of the A.N. Towne mansion, all that remained was the front entranceway. It was later removed and brought over to Golden Gate Park as a memorial to the disaster.

The San Francisco Model Yacht Club dates back to 1898 and is believed to be the oldest such organization in the United States. The City built the clubhouse in 1937, which contains one of the world's largest vintage free-sailing-model collections.

The main portion of San Francisco Landmark #249, the Spreckels Temple of Music was constructed in 1899 with money from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels and designed by the Reid Brothers.

The oldest public Japanese garden in the United States was originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape architect Makoto Hagiwara and superintendent John McLaren reached a gentleman’s agreement, allowing Mr. Hagiwara to create and maintain a permanent Japanese style garden as a gift for posterity.

The bronze sculpture by Thomas Shields was on display during the Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. People think it's a monument to wine making, when it's actually depicting apple cider pressing.

A pair of concrete sphinxes replaceed the original black granite sculptures from the Egyptian revival Fine Arts Building of the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. At the fair’s end, the building served as the first de Young Museum, but the granite sphinxes were removed by 1912. New concrete sphinxes based on the initial plaster maquettes were placed at the site.

The Pioneer Log Cabin was built as a meeting house for the Association of Pioneer Women of California in 1911. It is constructed of unpeeled redwood logs from Humboldt County and was restored in 1995.

The Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club was organized in June 1933 as an offshoot of the San Francisco Fly Casting Club. The San Francisco Fly Casting Club, the second oldest casting club in the U.S., was founded in 1894, when the first tournament was held as Stow Lake. The WPA constructed the present Anglers' lodge and casting ponds in 1938.

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (grandmother of the existing queen, Beatrix) donated the Dutch Windmill structure to the city in 1902. The tulip garden is named in her honor.

The Bercut Equitation Field consists of a fenced arena with small grandstand and judging booth used for training of horses and riders. It is not known exactly when this use started at this site, sometime after 1935.

Conceived by John McLaren, Adolph B. Spreckels and Reuben Lloyd, the two windmills standing near the Pacific Ocean in the western corners of Golden Gate Park were built at the beginning of the 20th Century to pump water into the park's irrigation system. Built in 1903 as the residence for the caretaker of the windmill, the Cottage was recently restored and at one point was eyed for a restaurant tenant.

The only archery range in the city is free and offers 9 target bales. Shooters are responsible for furnishing their own targets and equipment, but can rent from the nearby San Francisco Archery Shop.

Stow Lake is a manmade lake dating back to 1893, popular for its rental pedal boats, 10-foot artificial waterfall, Chinese pagoda, and rustic bridges.