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Drinking fountains in the United States

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Name Image Location Designer(s) Year completed Notes
Bagley Memorial Fountain Detroit, Michigan Henry Hobson Richardson 1887 For people.
Benson Bubbler Portland, Oregon A. E. Doyle, architect 1912 Philanthropist Simon Benson initially installed 20 four-bowl drinking fountains for people.
Portland sidewalks now feature 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 Harvey's Pan-like figure is nicknamed "Turtle Boy."
For people, horses and dogs.
Fireman's Drinking Fountain Main Street,
Slatington, Pennsylvania 		J. W. Fiske & Company 1909 For people and dogs.
Pioneer Woman Council Crest Park,
Portland, Oregon. 		Frederick Littman (sculptor) 1956
Probasco Fountain Clifton Avenue,
Cincinnatti, Ohio 		Samuel Hannaford 1887 For people, horses and dogs.
Shemanski Fountain South Park Blocks,
Portland, Oregon 		Carl L. Linde, architect
Oliver Laurence Barrett, sculptor 		1925-26
1928 		Barrett's figure of "Rebecca at the Well" was added in 1928.
For people 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 "Hebe" (after a statue by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen)
For people.
J. William White Memorial Drinking Fountain Rittenhouse Square,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		R. Tait McKenzie, sculptor 1921 Relief bust of J. William White (1919) by McKenzie.
For people.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 1929 For people.
Women's Christian Temperance Union Public Fountain Clarinda & Sheridan Streets,
Shenandoah, Iowa 		1912 For people.
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