Drinking fountains in the United States
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This is a history and list of drinking fountains in the United States. A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the stream of water and swallows water directly from the stream. Drinking water fountains are most commonly found in heavy usage areas like public amenities, schools, airports, and museums.
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· List of notable drinking fountains (organized by state)
Lotta's FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain
Lotta's FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain
Name
Lotta's FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain
Location
CaliforniaMarket, Geary & Kearny Streets,San Francisco
Year
1875
Medium
cast iron
Usage
For people
Notes
The fountain in 1905.Actress Lotta Crabtree donated the fountain.Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Statue of Benjamin Franklin (San Francisco)Temperance FountainCogswell Historical Monument
Statue of Benjamin Franklin (San Francisco)Temperance FountainCogswell Historical Monument
Name
Statue of Benjamin Franklin (San Francisco)Temperance FountainCogswell Historical Monument
Location
CaliforniaWashington Square,San Francisco
Sculptor
Unknown
Other designers
Henry D. Cogswell
Year
1879relocated 1904
Medium
bronzebase: granite
Usage
For people
Notes
Originally located at Market & Kearny Streets. Altered. No longer a fountain.
Erskine Memorial Fountain
Erskine Memorial Fountain
Name
Erskine Memorial Fountain
Location
Grant Park, Atlanta
Sculptor
J. Massey Rhind
Year
1896
relocated 1912
Medium
Bronze
Usage
For people
Notes
Originally located at what is now Hardy Ivy Park
Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain
Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain
Name
Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain
Location
ConnecticutBridgeport
Sculptor
Gutzon Borglum
Year
1913
Medium
Mermaid: bronzeBasin & 3 horse troughs: granite
Usage
For people and horses
Notes
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
National Humane Alliance Fountain
National Humane Alliance Fountain
Name
National Humane Alliance Fountain
Location
ConnecticutDerby Greenway,Derby
Year
1906restored 2007
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
More than 120 National Humane Alliance Fountains were installed in communities across the United States between 1903 and 1913.
Pope FountainAlbert A. Pope Memorial Fountain
Pope FountainAlbert A. Pope Memorial Fountain
Name
Pope FountainAlbert A. Pope Memorial Fountain
Location
ConnecticutPope Park,Hartford
Sculptor
Lee Lawrie
Other designers
George W. Keller, architect
Year
1913relocated 1964
Usage
For people and horses
Notes
Includes a bronze portrait medallion of Albert A. Pope.
Dancing Bears FountainChildren's Fountain
Dancing Bears FountainChildren's Fountain
Name
Dancing Bears FountainChildren's Fountain
Location
ConnecticutCenter Park,Manchester
Sculptor
Albert Humphreys
Other designers
Pomponian Bronze Works, foundry
Year
1909
Usage
For people
Carrie Welton Fountain"Horse on The Green"
Carrie Welton Fountain"Horse on The Green"
Name
Carrie Welton Fountain"Horse on The Green"
Location
ConnecticutThe Green,Waterbury
Sculptor
Karl Gerhardt
Year
1888
Medium
Horse: bronzeBase: granite
Usage
For people and horses
Notes
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)
Name
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)
Location
DelawareRehoboth Avenue & Boardwalk,Rehoboth Beach
Year
1929
Medium
granite
Usage
For people
Notes
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Temperance Fountain (Washington, D.C.)Cogswell Fountain
Temperance Fountain (Washington, D.C.)Cogswell Fountain
Name
Temperance Fountain (Washington, D.C.)Cogswell Fountain
Location
District of Columbia7th Street & Indiana Avenue, N.W.,Washington, D.C.
Sculptor
Unknown
Other designers
Henry D. Cogswell
Year
1882-84
Medium
Sculptures: bronzeBase & canopy: granite
Usage
For people and horses
Notes
Water flowed from the dolphins' mouths.Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
U. S. Capitol Grounds Drinking Fountain
U. S. Capitol Grounds Drinking Fountain
Name
U. S. Capitol Grounds Drinking Fountain
Location
District of ColumbiaUnited States Capitol Grounds,Washington, D.C.
Other designers
Frederick Law Olmsted, architect
Year
1874
Usage
For people
Horse Show Fountain(Wright-Bock Fountain)
Horse Show Fountain(Wright-Bock Fountain)
Name
Horse Show Fountain(Wright-Bock Fountain)
Location
IllinoisOak Park
Sculptor
Richard Bock
Other designers
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
Year
1909replica 1969
Medium
Poured concrete
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
The original fountain deteriorated and was used to create a replica. It was erected about 100 ft from the original's site.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Bloomington, Indiana)
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Bloomington, Indiana)
Name
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Bloomington, Indiana)
Location
IndianaMonroe County Courthouse,Bloomington
Year
1913
Usage
For people
Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain
Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain
Name
Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain
Location
IndianaCarroll County Courthouse,Delphi
Sculptor
Myra Reynolds Richards
Year
1918
Medium
Sculpture: bronzeBarre granite
Usage
For people
Notes
Richards posing with her sculpture.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Shenandoah, Iowa)
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Shenandoah, Iowa)
Name
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Shenandoah, Iowa)
Location
IowaClarinda & Sheridan Streets,Shenandoah
Year
1912
Medium
cast iron
Usage
For people, dogs and birds
Notes
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Ellis Fountain
Ellis Fountain
Name
Ellis Fountain
Location
KentuckyOld Fayette County Courthouse,Lexington
Sculptor
William Ingram
Other designers
Lexington Granite Company
Year
1921
Medium
Sculptures: bronzegranite
Usage
For people and dogs
Gumbel Memorial Fountain
Gumbel Memorial Fountain
Name
Gumbel Memorial Fountain
Location
LouisianaAudubon Park,New Orleans
Sculptor
Isidore Konti
Year
1918
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
"The Meeting of Air and Water"
Lotta FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain
Lotta FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain
Name
Lotta FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain
Location
MassachusettsThe Esplanade,Boston
Sculptor
Katharine Lane Weems
Other designers
John W. Ames, architectEdwin Dodge, architect
Year
1939
Usage
For people, cats and dogs
Notes
The fountain was a bequest from actress Lotta Crabtree.
Charles Taft Fountain
Charles Taft Fountain
Name
Charles Taft Fountain
Location
MassachusettsCleveland Circle,Brookline
Other designers
Coolidge & Carleson, architects
Year
1912
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Holyoke City Hall FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Holyoke City Hall FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Name
Holyoke City Hall FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Location
MassachusettsHolyoke City HallHolyoke
Year
1901
Medium
Monson granite
Usage
For people
Notes
Constructed in October 1901, dedicated November 9, 1901; contains biblical passages and one from Shakespeare's Othello
Kilbon Memorial Fountain
Kilbon Memorial Fountain
Name
Kilbon Memorial Fountain
Location
MassachusettsTown Park,Lee
Sculptor
Daniel Chester French
Year
1899
Usage
For people and horses
Notes
Water flows from the mouth of a mask of Konkapot, a Mohican chief.
Belcher Memorial Fountain
Belcher Memorial Fountain
Name
Belcher Memorial Fountain
Location
MassachusettsNorthfield Town Hall,70 Main Street,Northfield
Sculptor
Joseph Walker
Other designers
Aberdeen Granite Works
Year
1909relocated 1960
Medium
Quincy graniteGaslight: cast iron
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Burnside Fountain
Burnside Fountain
Name
Burnside Fountain
Location
MassachusettsWorcester Common,Worcester
Sculptor
Charles Y. Harvey(completed by Sherry Fry)
Other designers
Henry Bacon, architect
Year
1912
Medium
Granite basin, bronze sculpture
Usage
For horses and dogs
Notes
Harvey's Pan-like figure is nicknamed "Turtle Boy."
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Name
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Location
MichiganDetroit
Other designers
Henry Hobson Richardson, architect
Year
1887
Usage
For people
Notes
Water flows from the lions' mouths.Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Merrill Humane Fountain
Merrill Humane Fountain
Name
Merrill Humane Fountain
Location
MichiganPalmer Park,Detroit
Other designers
Carrere & Hastings, architects
Year
1901relocated 1925
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
Merrill Humane Fountain in its original location, c. 1906
Miller Memorial Fountain
Miller Memorial Fountain
Name
Miller Memorial Fountain
Location
MississippiCommerce & Main Streets,Natchez
Year
1911
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
American Legion MemorialWorld War I Memorial
American Legion MemorialWorld War I Memorial
Name
American Legion MemorialWorld War I Memorial
Location
MissouriSwope Park,Kansas City
Sculptor
Merrell Gage
Other designers
G. B. Franklin, architectChicago Art Bronze Works, foundry
Year
1921
Usage
For people
Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer Memorial Fountain"Zuni Bird Charmer"
Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer Memorial Fountain"Zuni Bird Charmer"
Name
Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer Memorial Fountain"Zuni Bird Charmer"
Location
MissouriOutside Bird House,St. Louis Zoo,St. Louis
Sculptor
Walker Hancock
Other designers
Roman Bronze Works, foundry
Year
1932
Usage
For people.
Notes
The granite plinth features a life-sized bronze figure of a Zuni bird charmer at center and bubbler at each end.
Cogswell FountainTemperance Fountain (Tompkins Square Park)
Cogswell FountainTemperance Fountain (Tompkins Square Park)
Name
Cogswell FountainTemperance Fountain (Tompkins Square Park)
Location
New YorkTompkins Square Park,Manhattan, New York City
Sculptor
Bertel Thorvaldsen (copy after)
Other designers
Henry D. CogswellJ. L. Mott Ironworks
Year
1888
Usage
For people
Notes
Copy of Thorvaldsen's Hebe:
James FountainUnion Square Drinking Fountain
James FountainUnion Square Drinking Fountain
Name
James FountainUnion Square Drinking Fountain
Location
New YorkUnion Square Park,Manhattan, New York City
Sculptor
Karl Adolph Donndorf
Other designers
J. Leonard Corning, architect
Year
1881
Usage
For people and dogs
Notes
Donated by Daniel Willis James and Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
Women's Health Protective Association Fountain
Women's Health Protective Association Fountain
Name
Women's Health Protective Association Fountain
Location
New YorkRiverside Park at 116th Street,Manhattan, New York City
Sculptor
Bruno Zimm
Year
1909
Medium
white marble
Usage
For people
Notes
Commemorates the 25th anniversary of the association's founding.
Probasco Fountain
Probasco Fountain
Name
Probasco Fountain
Location
OhioClifton Avenue,Cincinnati
Other designers
Samuel Hannaford, architect
Year
1887
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Woodland Cemetery Drinking Fountain
Woodland Cemetery Drinking Fountain
Name
Woodland Cemetery Drinking Fountain
Location
OhioWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum,Dayton
Sculptor
Karl Bitter
Year
1908-09
Usage
For people
Notes
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Benson Bubbler
Benson Bubbler
Name
Benson Bubbler
Location
OregonPortland
Other designers
A. E. Doyle, architect
Year
1912
Usage
For people
Notes
Philanthropist Simon Benson initially installed 20 four-bowl drinking fountains.Portland now features 52 four-bowl Benson Bubblers and 74 single-bowl ones.
David Campbell MonumentPortland Fireman's Memorial
David Campbell MonumentPortland Fireman's Memorial
Name
David Campbell MonumentPortland Fireman's Memorial
Location
Oregon1800 West Burnside Street,Portland
Sculptor
Avard Fairbanks
Other designers
Paul Cret, architect
Year
1928
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
An exedra (curved bench) with a drinking fountain at center. It empties into a basin on the opposite side for horses and dogs.
Charles B. Merrick Memorial Drinking Fountain
Charles B. Merrick Memorial Drinking Fountain
Name
Charles B. Merrick Memorial Drinking Fountain
Location
OregonNE Sandy Street,Portland
Year
1916
Usage
For people
Fountain for Company HSecond Oregon Company Volunteers Fountain (Spanish–American War)
Fountain for Company HSecond Oregon Company Volunteers Fountain (Spanish–American War)
Name
Fountain for Company HSecond Oregon Company Volunteers Fountain (Spanish–American War)
Location
OregonLownsdale Square,Portland
Sculptor
John H. Beaver
Year
1914
Medium
limestone & bronze
Usage
For people
Notes
Located near the Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument
Pioneer Woman(Joy)Laberee Memorial Fountain
Pioneer Woman(Joy)Laberee Memorial Fountain
Name
Pioneer Woman(Joy)Laberee Memorial Fountain
Location
OregonCouncil Crest Park,Portland
Sculptor
Frederic Littman
Year
1956
Medium
Sculpture: bronzeBase: granite
Usage
For people
Portland Central Library Fountain
Portland Central Library Fountain
Name
Portland Central Library Fountain
Location
Oregon801 SW 10th Avenue,Portland
Other designers
A. E. Doyle, architect
Year
1913
Medium
Wilkinson sandstone
Usage
For people
Notes
Fountain is right of center:
Shemanski Fountain
Shemanski Fountain
Name
Shemanski Fountain
Location
OregonSouth Park Blocks,Portland
Sculptor
Oliver Laurence Barrett
Other designers
Carl L. Linde, architect
Year
1925-261928
Usage
For people and dogs
Notes
Barrett's figure of "Rebecca at the Well" was added in 1928.
Skidmore Fountain
Skidmore Fountain
Name
Skidmore Fountain
Location
OregonSW First & Ankeny Streets,Portland
Sculptor
Olin Levi Warner
Other designers
J. M. Wells, architect
Year
1888
Medium
Top basin & caryatids: bronzeLower basin & horse troughs: granite
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
The octagonal basin spills into 4 water troughs for horses and dogs.
Thompson Fountain
Thompson Fountain
Name
Thompson Fountain
Location
OregonPlaza Blocks,4th Avenue & Main Street,Portland
Sculptor
Roland Hinton Perry
Other designers
H. G. Wright, architect
Year
1900
Medium
Sculpture: bronzeBasin & water troughs: Barre granite
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
Hebe FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Hebe FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Name
Hebe FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Location
OregonEagles Park,Lane & Jackson Streets,Roseburg
Sculptor
Bertel Thorvaldsen (copy after)
Other designers
J. L. Mott Ironworks
Year
19082002 (replica)
Medium
cast iron
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Notes
The original Hebe fountain was damaged in a 1912 accident and removed. The replica fountain, cast from the same molds, was erected in 2002.
Class of 1892 Fountain"The Scholar and the Football Player"
Class of 1892 Fountain"The Scholar and the Football Player"
Name
Class of 1892 Fountain"The Scholar and the Football Player"
Location
PennsylvaniaQuadrangle Dormitories,University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia
Sculptor
Alexander Stirling Calder
Other designers
Bureau Brothers, foundry
Year
1900
Usage
For people
Annie L. Lowry Memorial Fountain
Annie L. Lowry Memorial Fountain
Name
Annie L. Lowry Memorial Fountain
Location
PennsylvaniaBainbridge Street median strip at 3rd StreetPhiladelphia
Year
1910
Usage
For horses and dogs
Notes
"Drink Gentle Friends"Erected by the Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Mary Rebecca Darby Smith Memorial FountainRebecca at the Well
Mary Rebecca Darby Smith Memorial FountainRebecca at the Well
Name
Mary Rebecca Darby Smith Memorial FountainRebecca at the Well
Location
PennsylvaniaHorticultural Drive, West Fairmount ParkPhiladelphia
Sculptor
John J. Boyle
Year
1908relocated 1934
Usage
For peopleOriginally, for people, horses and dogs
Notes
"Drink, and I will give thy Camels Drink also."Originally installed on the Spring Garden Street median strip at 12th Street.Relocated to West Fairmount Park, 1934.
Temperance Fountain (Philadelphia)
Temperance Fountain (Philadelphia)
Name
Temperance Fountain (Philadelphia)
Location
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia
Year
1876Relocated 1877Removed to storage 1969
Usage
For people
Notes
Under a 13-sided gazebo at the 1876 Centennial Exposition.Erected by the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance. Cost: $2,300Installed outside Independence Hall, 1877-1969
J. William White Memorial Drinking Fountain
J. William White Memorial Drinking Fountain
Name
J. William White Memorial Drinking Fountain
Location
PennsylvaniaRittenhouse Square,Philadelphia
Sculptor
R. Tait McKenzie
Year
1921
Usage
For people
Notes
Portrait medallion of J. William White (1919).
Fireman's Drinking Fountain
Fireman's Drinking Fountain
Name
Fireman's Drinking Fountain
Location
PennsylvaniaMain Street,Slatington
Sculptor
Caspar Buberl
Other designers
J. W. Fiske & Company
Year
1909
Medium
Sculpture: zincBase: cast iron
Usage
For people and dogs
Notes
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
Sterne FountainHebe, Goddess of Youth
Sterne FountainHebe, Goddess of Youth
Name
Sterne FountainHebe, Goddess of Youth
Location
TexasLafayette & Market Streets,Jefferson
Sculptor
Giuseppe Moretti
Other designers
J. L. Mott, foundry
Year
1913
Medium
Sculpture: bronzeBase: cast iron
Usage
For people, horses and dogs
Pin Oak Fountain
Pin Oak Fountain
Name
Pin Oak Fountain
Location
West VirginiaWV Rte. 29 & Falconwood Road,Pin Oak
Other designers
Roy Keister, head mason
Year
1932
Medium
crystal quartz
Usage
For people and horses
Notes
2 basins and a horse trough, fed by gravity from a spring uphill of the fountain
R. D. Whitehead Monument
R. D. Whitehead Monument
Name
R. D. Whitehead Monument
Location
Wisconsin16th & Pearl Streets,Milwaukee
Sculptor
Sigvald Asbjornsen
Year
1910
Medium
Sculpture: bronzePier & basin: granite
Usage
For horses and dogs
Notes
The bas-relief panel depicts Whitehead's horse "George" and dog "Dandy." The watering trough is now used as a planter.
| Name | Location | Image | Sculptor | Other designers | Year | Medium | Usage | Notes |
| Lotta's FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain | CaliforniaMarket, Geary & Kearny Streets,San Francisco | | 1875 | cast iron | For people | The fountain in 1905.Actress Lotta Crabtree donated the fountain.Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. | ||
| Statue of Benjamin Franklin (San Francisco)Temperance FountainCogswell Historical Monument | CaliforniaWashington Square,San Francisco | | Unknown | Henry D. Cogswell | 1879relocated 1904 | bronzebase: granite | For people | Originally located at Market & Kearny Streets. Altered. No longer a fountain. |
| Erskine Memorial Fountain | Grant Park, Atlanta | | J. Massey Rhind | 1896 relocated 1912 | Bronze | For people | Originally located at what is now Hardy Ivy Park | |
| Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain | ConnecticutBridgeport | | Gutzon Borglum | 1913 | Mermaid: bronzeBasin & 3 horse troughs: granite | For people and horses | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. | |
| National Humane Alliance Fountain | ConnecticutDerby Greenway,Derby | | 1906restored 2007 | For people, horses and dogs | More than 120 National Humane Alliance Fountains were installed in communities across the United States between 1903 and 1913. | |||
| Pope FountainAlbert A. Pope Memorial Fountain | ConnecticutPope Park,Hartford | Lee Lawrie | George W. Keller, architect | 1913relocated 1964 | For people and horses | Includes a bronze portrait medallion of Albert A. Pope. | ||
| Dancing Bears FountainChildren's Fountain | ConnecticutCenter Park,Manchester | Albert Humphreys | Pomponian Bronze Works, foundry | 1909 | For people | |||
| Carrie Welton Fountain"Horse on The Green" | ConnecticutThe Green,Waterbury | | Karl Gerhardt | 1888 | Horse: bronzeBase: granite | For people and horses | | |
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware) | DelawareRehoboth Avenue & Boardwalk,Rehoboth Beach | | 1929 | granite | For people | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. | ||
| Temperance Fountain (Washington, D.C.)Cogswell Fountain | District of Columbia7th Street & Indiana Avenue, N.W.,Washington, D.C. | | Unknown | Henry D. Cogswell | 1882-84 | Sculptures: bronzeBase & canopy: granite | For people and horses | Water flowed from the dolphins' mouths.Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. |
| U. S. Capitol Grounds Drinking Fountain | District of ColumbiaUnited States Capitol Grounds,Washington, D.C. | | Frederick Law Olmsted, architect | 1874 | For people | |||
| Horse Show Fountain(Wright-Bock Fountain) | IllinoisOak Park | | Richard Bock | Frank Lloyd Wright, architect | 1909replica 1969 | Poured concrete | For people, horses and dogs | The original fountain deteriorated and was used to create a replica. It was erected about 100 ft from the original's site. |
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Bloomington, Indiana) | IndianaMonroe County Courthouse,Bloomington | | 1913 | For people | ||||
| Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain | IndianaCarroll County Courthouse,Delphi | | Myra Reynolds Richards | 1918 | Sculpture: bronzeBarre granite | For people | Richards posing with her sculpture. | |
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Shenandoah, Iowa) | IowaClarinda & Sheridan Streets,Shenandoah | 1912 | cast iron | For people, dogs and birds | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. | |||
| Ellis Fountain | KentuckyOld Fayette County Courthouse,Lexington | | William Ingram | Lexington Granite Company | 1921 | Sculptures: bronzegranite | For people and dogs | |
| Gumbel Memorial Fountain | LouisianaAudubon Park,New Orleans | | Isidore Konti | 1918 | For people, horses and dogs | "The Meeting of Air and Water" | ||
| Lotta FountainLotta Crabtree Fountain | MassachusettsThe Esplanade,Boston | | Katharine Lane Weems | John W. Ames, architectEdwin Dodge, architect | 1939 | For people, cats and dogs | The fountain was a bequest from actress Lotta Crabtree. | |
| Charles Taft Fountain | MassachusettsCleveland Circle,Brookline | Coolidge & Carleson, architects | 1912 | For people, horses and dogs | ||||
| Holyoke City Hall FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain | MassachusettsHolyoke City HallHolyoke | | 1901 | Monson granite | For people | Constructed in October 1901, dedicated November 9, 1901; contains biblical passages and one from Shakespeare's Othello | ||
| Kilbon Memorial Fountain | MassachusettsTown Park,Lee | Daniel Chester French | 1899 | For people and horses | Water flows from the mouth of a mask of Konkapot, a Mohican chief. | |||
| Belcher Memorial Fountain | MassachusettsNorthfield Town Hall,70 Main Street,Northfield | | Joseph Walker | Aberdeen Granite Works | 1909relocated 1960 | Quincy graniteGaslight: cast iron | For people, horses and dogs | |
| Burnside Fountain | MassachusettsWorcester Common,Worcester | | Charles Y. Harvey(completed by Sherry Fry) | Henry Bacon, architect | 1912 | Granite basin, bronze sculpture | For horses and dogs | Harvey's Pan-like figure is nicknamed "Turtle Boy." |
| Bagley Memorial Fountain | MichiganDetroit | | Henry Hobson Richardson, architect | 1887 | For people | Water flows from the lions' mouths.Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. | ||
| Merrill Humane Fountain | MichiganPalmer Park,Detroit | | Carrere & Hastings, architects | 1901relocated 1925 | For people, horses and dogs | Merrill Humane Fountain in its original location, c. 1906 | ||
| Miller Memorial Fountain | MississippiCommerce & Main Streets,Natchez | | 1911 | For people, horses and dogs | ||||
| American Legion MemorialWorld War I Memorial | MissouriSwope Park,Kansas City | Merrell Gage | G. B. Franklin, architectChicago Art Bronze Works, foundry | 1921 | For people | |||
| Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer Memorial Fountain"Zuni Bird Charmer" | MissouriOutside Bird House,St. Louis Zoo,St. Louis | | Walker Hancock | Roman Bronze Works, foundry | 1932 | For people. | The granite plinth features a life-sized bronze figure of a Zuni bird charmer at center and bubbler at each end. | |
| Cogswell FountainTemperance Fountain (Tompkins Square Park) | New YorkTompkins Square Park,Manhattan, New York City | | Bertel Thorvaldsen (copy after) | Henry D. CogswellJ. L. Mott Ironworks | 1888 | For people | Copy of Thorvaldsen's Hebe: | |
| James FountainUnion Square Drinking Fountain | New YorkUnion Square Park,Manhattan, New York City | | Karl Adolph Donndorf | J. Leonard Corning, architect | 1881 | For people and dogs | Donated by Daniel Willis James and Theodore Roosevelt Sr. | |
| Women's Health Protective Association Fountain | New YorkRiverside Park at 116th Street,Manhattan, New York City | | Bruno Zimm | 1909 | white marble | For people | Commemorates the 25th anniversary of the association's founding. | |
| Probasco Fountain | OhioClifton Avenue,Cincinnati | | Samuel Hannaford, architect | 1887 | For people, horses and dogs | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. | ||
| Woodland Cemetery Drinking Fountain | OhioWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum,Dayton | | Karl Bitter | 1908-09 | For people | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. | ||
| Benson Bubbler | OregonPortland | | A. E. Doyle, architect | 1912 | For people | Philanthropist Simon Benson initially installed 20 four-bowl drinking fountains.Portland now features 52 four-bowl Benson Bubblers and 74 single-bowl ones. | ||
| David Campbell MonumentPortland Fireman's Memorial | Oregon1800 West Burnside Street,Portland | | Avard Fairbanks | Paul Cret, architect | 1928 | For people, horses and dogs | An exedra (curved bench) with a drinking fountain at center. It empties into a basin on the opposite side for horses and dogs. | |
| Charles B. Merrick Memorial Drinking Fountain | OregonNE Sandy Street,Portland | | 1916 | For people | ||||
| Fountain for Company HSecond Oregon Company Volunteers Fountain (Spanish–American War) | OregonLownsdale Square,Portland | | John H. Beaver | 1914 | limestone & bronze | For people | Located near the Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument | |
| Pioneer Woman(Joy)Laberee Memorial Fountain | OregonCouncil Crest Park,Portland | Frederic Littman | 1956 | Sculpture: bronzeBase: granite | For people | |||
| Portland Central Library Fountain | Oregon801 SW 10th Avenue,Portland | | A. E. Doyle, architect | 1913 | Wilkinson sandstone | For people | Fountain is right of center: | |
| Shemanski Fountain | OregonSouth Park Blocks,Portland | | Oliver Laurence Barrett | Carl L. Linde, architect | 1925-261928 | For people and dogs | Barrett's figure of "Rebecca at the Well" was added in 1928. | |
| Skidmore Fountain | OregonSW First & Ankeny Streets,Portland | | Olin Levi Warner | J. M. Wells, architect | 1888 | Top basin & caryatids: bronzeLower basin & horse troughs: granite | For people, horses and dogs | The octagonal basin spills into 4 water troughs for horses and dogs. |
| Thompson Fountain | OregonPlaza Blocks,4th Avenue & Main Street,Portland | | Roland Hinton Perry | H. G. Wright, architect | 1900 | Sculpture: bronzeBasin & water troughs: Barre granite | For people, horses and dogs | |
| Hebe FountainWoman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain | OregonEagles Park,Lane & Jackson Streets,Roseburg | | Bertel Thorvaldsen (copy after) | J. L. Mott Ironworks | 19082002 (replica) | cast iron | For people, horses and dogs | The original Hebe fountain was damaged in a 1912 accident and removed. The replica fountain, cast from the same molds, was erected in 2002. |
| Class of 1892 Fountain"The Scholar and the Football Player" | PennsylvaniaQuadrangle Dormitories,University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia | Alexander Stirling Calder | Bureau Brothers, foundry | 1900 | For people | |||
| Annie L. Lowry Memorial Fountain | PennsylvaniaBainbridge Street median strip at 3rd StreetPhiladelphia | 1910 | For horses and dogs | "Drink Gentle Friends"Erected by the Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | ||||
| Mary Rebecca Darby Smith Memorial FountainRebecca at the Well | PennsylvaniaHorticultural Drive, West Fairmount ParkPhiladelphia | | John J. Boyle | 1908relocated 1934 | For peopleOriginally, for people, horses and dogs | "Drink, and I will give thy Camels Drink also."Originally installed on the Spring Garden Street median strip at 12th Street.Relocated to West Fairmount Park, 1934. | ||
| Temperance Fountain (Philadelphia) | PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | | 1876Relocated 1877Removed to storage 1969 | For people | Under a 13-sided gazebo at the 1876 Centennial Exposition.Erected by the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance. Cost: $2,300Installed outside Independence Hall, 1877-1969 | |||
| J. William White Memorial Drinking Fountain | PennsylvaniaRittenhouse Square,Philadelphia | | R. Tait McKenzie | 1921 | For people | Portrait medallion of J. William White (1919). | ||
| Fireman's Drinking Fountain | PennsylvaniaMain Street,Slatington | | Caspar Buberl | J. W. Fiske & Company | 1909 | Sculpture: zincBase: cast iron | For people and dogs | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. |
References
- Prints & Photographs Online Cataloghttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997026728/PP/
- A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvaniahttps://books.google.com/books?id=BMBxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA105
- History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884https://books.google.com/books?id=8uYkAAAAYAAJ&q=drinking+fountain&pg=PA1868
- The horse in the city : living machines in the nineteenth centuryhttps://search.worldcat.org/oclc/503446031
- Tunkhannock Republicanhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/59882172/tunkhannock-republican/
- "Curbside refreshment for man and beast"https://whyy.org/articles/curbside-refreshment-for-man-and-beast/
- WCTU Drinking Fountains – Then and Now Archived 2011-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, from Woman's Christian Temperance Unihttp://www.wctu.org/fountains.html
- Historic American Buildings Surveyhttps://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0800/pa0894/data/pa0894data.pdf
- Sheboygan Presshttp://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/local/2014/10/31/sheboygan-history-bubblers/18254395
- www.justice.govhttps://www.justice.gov/crt/title-ii-civil-rights-act-public-accommodations
- "Drinking fountains quench a thirst for sustainability"https://www.ft.com/content/085f675e-6a42-11e8-aee1-39f3459514fd
- Colonel Pope Fountain, from Hartford Signs.http://hartfordsigns.blogspot.com/2010/01/colonel-pope-fountain.html
- Dancing Bears Fountain, from Manchester Historical Society.http://www.manchesterhistory.org/reprints/MHS3_CenterPark.html
- Carrie Welton Fountain, from SIRIS.http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=147921T9970V1.10440&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!311772~!89&ri=1&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Waterbury,+Connecticut&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=1
- WCTU Fountain, Shenandoah Archived October 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, from Bleeding Heartland.http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/5901/midweek-open-thread-end-of-prohibition-edition
- Charles Taft Fountain, Boston Architectural Club Yearbook, 1912, p. 12.https://archive.org/stream/bostonarchitectu1912bost#page/n11/mode/2up
- Springfield Republican
- Daniel Chester French Archived February 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, from Town of Lee, Massachusetts.http://www.townoflee.com/misc_info.htm
- Belcher Memorial Fountain, from SIRIS.http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1479D21YD9606.305&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=MA000723&index=.NW&x=10&y=15
- Belcher Memorial Fountain, from Arthur Percy Fitt, All About Northfield (1910).https://archive.org/stream/allaboutnorthfie00fitt#page/88/mode/2up
- Zuni Bird Charmer, from SIRIS.http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_ari_1627
- Tompkins Square Park Temperance Fountain, from NYC Parks.http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/tompkins-square-park/monuments/1558
- Union Square Drinking Fountain, from NYC Parks.http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/union-square-park/monuments/797
- "Riverside Park"https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/riverside-park/monuments/1723
- David Campbell Monument, from SIRIS.http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=147T1PA873380.8769&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&term=Portland&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=Cret%2C+Paul&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=&index=.NW&x=12&y=10
- Second Oregon Company Volunteers, from SIRIS.http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1479D21YD9606.305&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=OR000123&index=.NW&x=18&y=8
- Joy (Pioneer Woman), from Public Art Archive.https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Joy-Pioneer-Woman
- Class of '92 Fountain, from University of Pennsylvania.http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/art/scholar-football-player-drinking-fountain
- Sterne Fountain, from SIRIS.http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=147922591L72D.10515&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&term=Jefferson+Texas+sterne&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=&index=.NW&x=10&y=11
- Pin Oak Fountain, from National Park Service.https://web.archive.org/web/20170802054254/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/16000314.htm
- R. D. Whitehead Monument, from SIRIS.http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14793M29G883K.871&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=74070012&index=.NW&x=12&y=12
- pacinst.orghttp://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Drinking_Fountains_and_Public_Health_Feb_2017-1.pdf