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|For people. |For people.
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|1912 |1912
|For people.
|For people.<br>Philanthropist ] initially installed 20 four-bowl drinking fountains.<br>Portland now features 52 four-bowl Benson Bubblers and 74 single-bowl ones. |Philanthropist ] initially installed 20 four-bowl drinking fountains.<br>Portland now features 52 four-bowl Benson Bubblers and 74 single-bowl ones.
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|], architect<br>Charles Y. Harvey, sculptor<br>], sculptor |], architect<br>Charles Y. Harvey, sculptor<br>], sculptor
|1912 |1912
|For people, horses and dogs.<br>] Harvey's ] figure is nicknamed "Turtle Boy." |For people, horses and dogs.
|] Harvey's ] figure is nicknamed "Turtle Boy."
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|Class of '92 Fountain<br>"The Scholar and the Football Player" |Class of '92 Fountain<br>"The Scholar and the Football Player"
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|1900 |1900
|For people. |For people.
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|]<br>] Fountain |]<br>] Fountain
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|1875 |1875
|For people.
|For people.<br>] The fountain in 1905.<br>Actress ] donated the fountain. |] The fountain in 1905.<br>Actress ] donated the fountain.
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|Lotta Fountain<br>Lotta Crabtree Fountain |Lotta Fountain<br>Lotta Crabtree Fountain
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|],<br>Boston, Massachusetts |],<br>Boston, Massachusetts
|John W. Ames, architect<br>], architect<br>], sculptor |John W. Ames, architect<br>], architect<br>], sculptor

|1939 |1939
|For cats and dogs.<br>]<br>The fountain was a bequest by actress ]. |For cats and dogs.
|]<br>The fountain was a bequest from actress ].
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|1909 |1909
|For people and dogs. |For people and dogs.
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|Gumbel Fountain |Gumbel Fountain
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|], sculptor |], sculptor
|1918 |1918
|For people, horses and dogs.<br>] "The Meeting of Air and Water" |For people, horses and dogs.
|] "The Meeting of Air and Water"
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|], architects |], architects
|1901<br>relocated 1925 |1901<br>relocated 1925
|For people, horses and dogs.<br>] Merrill Humane Fountain, c. 1906 |For people, horses and dogs.
|] Merrill Humane Fountain, c. 1906
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|], sculptor |], sculptor
|1918 |1918
|For people.
|For people.<br>] Richards posing with her sculpture. |] Richards posing with her sculpture.
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|'']'' |'']''
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|Frederick Littman, sculptor |Frederick Littman, sculptor
|1956 |1956
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|1887 |1887
|For people, horses and dogs. |For people, horses and dogs.
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|], architect<br>Oliver Laurence Barrett, sculptor |], architect<br>Oliver Laurence Barrett, sculptor
|1925-26<br>1928 |1925-26<br>1928
|For people and dogs.<br>] Barrett's figure of "Rebecca at the Well" was added in 1928. |For people and dogs.
|] Barrett's figure of "Rebecca at the Well" was added in 1928.
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|1888 |1888
|For people, horses and dogs. |For people, horses and dogs.
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|]<br>Cogswell Fountain |]<br>Cogswell Fountain
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|1882-84 |1882-84
|For people and horses.<br>] |For people and horses.
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|Temperance Fountain (Tompkins Square Park)<br>Cogswell Fountain |Temperance Fountain (Tompkins Square Park)<br>Cogswell Fountain
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|c.1888 |c.1888
|For people.
|For people.<br>] "Hebe" (after a statue by ]) |] "Hebe" (after a statue by ])
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|U. S. Capitol Grounds Drinking Fountain |U. S. Capitol Grounds Drinking Fountain
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|1874 |1874
|For people. |For people.
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|Carrie Welton Fountain<br>"Horse on The Green" |Carrie Welton Fountain<br>"Horse on The Green"
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|1888 |1888
|For horses. |For horses.
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|], sculptor |], sculptor
|1913 |1913
|For people and horses.
|A fountain for people, and 3 water troughs for horses. |A fountain for people, and 3 water troughs for horses.
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|], sculptor |], sculptor
|1921 |1921
|For people.
|For people.<br>] Relief bust of ''J. William White'' (1919) by McKenzie. |] Relief bust of ''J. William White'' (1919) by McKenzie.
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|1929 |1929
|For people. |For people.
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| Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain,<br>Monroe County Courthouse | Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain,<br>Monroe County Courthouse
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|1913 |1913
|For people. |For people.
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|For people. |For people.
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|Woodland Cemetery Drinking Fountain |Woodland Cemetery Drinking Fountain
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Name Image Location Designer(s) Year Usage Notes
Bagley Memorial Fountain Detroit, Michigan Henry Hobson Richardson, architect 1887 For people.
Benson Bubbler Portland, Oregon 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.
Burnside Fountain Worcester Common,
Worcester, Massachusetts 		Henry Bacon, architect
Charles Y. Harvey, sculptor
Sherry Edmundson Fry, sculptor 		1912 For people, horses and dogs. Harvey's Pan-like figure is nicknamed "Turtle Boy."
Class of '92 Fountain
"The Scholar and the Football Player" 		Quadrangle Dormitories,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		Alexander Stirling Calder, sculptor
Bureau Brothers, foundry 		1900 For people.
Lotta's Fountain
Lotta Crabtree Fountain 		Market, Geary & Kearny Streets,
San Francisco, California 		1875 For people. File:LottaFountain3.jpg The fountain in 1905.
Actress Lotta Crabtree donated the fountain.
Lotta Fountain
Lotta Crabtree Fountain 		The Esplanade,
Boston, Massachusetts 		John W. Ames, architect
Edwin Dodge, architect
Katharine Lane Weems, sculptor 		1939 For cats and dogs.
The fountain was a bequest from actress Lotta Crabtree.
Fireman's Drinking Fountain Main Street,
Slatington, Pennsylvania 		J. W. Fiske & Company 1909 For people and dogs.
Gumbel Fountain Audubon Park,
New Orleans, Louisiana 		Isidore Konti, sculptor 1918 For people, horses and dogs. "The Meeting of Air and Water"
Merrill Humane Fountain Palmer Park,
Detroit, Michigan 		Carrere & Hastings, architects 1901
relocated 1925 		For people, horses and dogs. Merrill Humane Fountain, c. 1906
Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain Carroll County Courthouse,
Delphi, Indiana 		Myra Reynolds Richards, sculptor 1918 For people. Richards posing with her sculpture.
Pioneer Woman Council Crest Park,
Portland, Oregon. 		Frederick Littman, sculptor 1956
Probasco Fountain Clifton Avenue,
Cincinnatti, Ohio 		Samuel Hannaford, architect 1887 For people, horses and dogs.
Shemanski Fountain South Park Blocks,
Portland, Oregon 		Carl L. Linde, architect
Oliver Laurence Barrett, sculptor 		1925-26
1928 		For people and dogs. Barrett's figure of "Rebecca at the Well" was added in 1928.
Skidmore Fountain SW First & Ankeny Streets
Portland, Oregon 		Olin Levi Warner, sculptor 1888 For people, horses and dogs.
Temperance Fountain (Washington, D.C.)
Cogswell Fountain 		7th Street & Indiana Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 		1882-84 For people and horses.
Temperance Fountain (Tompkins Square Park)
Cogswell Fountain 		Tompkins Square Park,
Manhattan, New York City 		c.1888 For people. "Hebe" (after a statue by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen)
U. S. Capitol Grounds Drinking Fountain United States Capitol Grounds,
Washington, D.C. 		Frederick Law Olmsted, architect 1874 For people.
Carrie Welton Fountain
"Horse on The Green" 		The Green,
Waterbury, Connecticut 		Karl Gerhardt, sculptor 1888 For horses.
Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain Bridgeport, Connecticut Gutzon Borglum, sculptor 1913 For people and horses. A fountain for people, and 3 water troughs for horses.
J. William White Memorial Drinking Fountain Rittenhouse Square,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		R. Tait McKenzie, sculptor 1921 For people. Relief bust of J. William White (1919) by McKenzie.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 1929 For people.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain,
Monroe County Courthouse 		Monroe County Courthouse,
Bloomington, Indiana 		1913 For people.
Women's Christian Temperance Union Public Fountain Clarinda & Sheridan Streets,
Shenandoah, Iowa 		1912 For people.
Woodland Cemetery Drinking Fountain Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum,
Dayton, Ohio 		Karl Bitter, sculptor 1908-09 For people.
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