History of fountains in the United States
Significant fountains in the United States
See also Drinking fountains in the United States.

History of fountains in the United States

Section Title: Significant fountains in the United States
Table Section Text: See also Drinking fountains in the United States.

Name	Image	Location	Architect(s)	Sculptor(s)	Year completed	Notes

Bartholdi Fountain Fountain of Light and Water	-	United States Botanical Gardens, Washington, D.C.	Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi	Philadelphia, 1876 Washington, D.C., 1878	-

Bethesda Fountain	-	Central Park, Manhattan, New York City	Calvert Vaux	Emma Stebbins	1873	Bethesda angel jeh.JPG "Angel of the Waters" Memorial to soldiers killed and wounded in the American Civil War.

Buckingham Fountain	-	Chicago, Illinois	Edward H. Bennett	Marcel F. Loyau	1927	-

Centennial Fountain Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain	-	Chicago, Illinois	Lohan Associates	1989	-

Civil Rights Memorial	-	Montgomery, Alabama	Maya Lin	1989	-

Coleman Memorial Fountain	-	Sacramento, California	Ralph Stackpole	1927

Columbus Fountain Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain	Columbus Fountain, Washington, D.C. (2013) - 1.JPG	Union Station, Washington, D.C.	Daniel Burnham	Lorado Taft	1912	-

Corning Fountain	Corning Fountain, Hartford CT - general view.JPG	Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut	J. Massey Rhind	1899	Corning Fountain, Hartford CT - top.JPG The hart (deer) is an allegorical figure of the City of Hartford.

Court of Neptune Fountain	-	Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.	John L. Smithmeyer Paul J. Pelz Edward Pearce Casey	Roland Hinton Perry Albert Weinert (relief sculpture)	1895	-

Depew Memorial Fountain	-	Indianapolis, Indiana	Henry Bacon	Karl Bitter Alexander Stirling Calder	1919	-

Donahue Memorial Fountain The Mechanics Monument	A monument of working class.JPG	San Francisco, California	Willis Polk	Douglas Tilden	1901	San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Market and Bush Streets. (Mechanics Monument) - NARA - 524405.tif The fountain survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Dupont Circle Fountain Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain	Fountain - Dupont Circle.JPG	Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.	Henry Bacon	Daniel Chester French	1921	-

Fort Worth Water Gardens	-	Fort Worth, Texas	Philip Johnson John Burgee	1974	-

Fountain of Eternal Life War Memorial Fountain	Fountain of Eternal Life - Cleveland, Ohio - DSC07923.JPG	Cleveland, Ohio	Marshall Fredericks	1964	Fountain of Eternal Life - Cleveland, Ohio - DSC07925.JPG "Peace Arising from the Flames of War"

Fountain of the Centaurs and The Signing of the Treaty	-	Jefferson City, Missouri	Karl Bitter and A.A. Weinman	1927

Fountain of the Great Lakes	-	Art Institute of Chicago Garden, Chicago, Illinois	Lorado Taft	1913

Fountain Hills Fountain	-	Fountain Lake, Fountain Hills, Arizona	1970	World's tallest fountain when built, the jet shoots up 562 feet (171 m). Now world's fourth-tallest fountain, and second-tallest in the United States.

Fountain of the Rings	-	Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia	EDAW, Inc. William Hobbs, Ltd.	1996	-

Fountain of Time	-	Chicago, Illinois	Lorado Taft	1922	-

Fountains of Bellagio	Bellagio fountain show 2010 las vegas.JPG	Bellagio Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada	WET (Water Entertainment Technologies)	1998	-

Gateway Geyser	-	Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park, East St. Louis, Illinois	1995	Saint Louis MO The Gateway Arch (2).JPG Tallest fountain in the United States, and second-tallest in the world. Located on the opposite side of the Mississippi River from the Gateway Arch, its jet can shoot up 630 ft (192 m), the same height as the arch.

LaFayette Fountain	-	Lafayette, Indiana	Lorado Taft	1882	This was the first of Taft's many fountains.

Littlefield Fountain	University of Texas at Austin.JPG	University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas	Morison & Walker Paul Cret	Pompeo Coppini Waldine Tauch	1933

Longwood Gardens	-	Kennett Square, Pennsylvania	Open Air Theatre, 1914 Italian Water Garden, 1927 Main Fountain Garden, 1931	-

Meeting of the Waters Fountain The Wedding of the Waters	-	Aloe Plaza, Saint Louis, Missouri	Carl Milles	1940	-

National World War II Memorial	National World War II Memorial - July 2012 - 5.JPG	National Mall, Washington, D.C.	Friedrich St. Florian	Raymond Kaskey James Peniston	2004	Aerial view of National World War II Memorial2.tif From above.

Jesse Clyde Nichols Memorial Fountain	Jesse Clyde Nichols Memorial, KC MO - general view 4.JPG	Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri	McKim, Mead & White	Henri-Léon Gréber	1910 1960	The fountain was created for "Harbor Hill," the Clarence Mackay estate in Roslyn, New York. Four larger-than-life equestrian figures represent great rivers: "The Rhine," "The Seine," "The Volga," and "The Mississippi." It was disassembled, transported, and installed in Kansas City in 1960.

Piazza d'Italia	-	New Orleans, Louisiana	Charles Williard Moore Perez Architects	1978	-

Point State Park Fountain	-	Point State Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1970	The jet shoots 150 feet.

Prometheus Fountain	-	Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City	Raymond Hood	Paul Manship	1933	-

Pulitzer Fountain	Pulitzer Fountain in NYC.JPG	Grand Army Plaza, 5th Avenue & Central Park South, Manhattan, New York City	Thomas Hastings	Karl Bitter Isidore Konti Karl Gruppe	1916	Pomona GAP jeh.JPG "Pomona" Following Bitter's 1915 death, Konti and Gruppe completed the sculpture work.

Rackham Memorial Fountain	-	Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, Michigan	Corrado Parducci	1939	-

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial	-	West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.	Lawrence Halprin	1997

Russell Ager Memorial Fountain	Detail Fountain by Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon (1921) in Detroit, Michigan.jpeg	Detroit, Michigan	Henry Bacon	Daniel Chester French	1921

The Sciences and The Arts Fountains	-	Jefferson City, Missouri	Robert Ingersoll Aitken	1924

Scott Memorial Fountain	-	Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan	Cass Gilbert	Herbert Adams	1925	-

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument	-	Indianapolis, Indiana	Bruno Schmitz	Rudolf Schwarz Frederick MacMonnies George Brewster Nicholas Geiger	1888	-

Swann Memorial Fountain Fountain of the Three Rivers	-	Logan Circle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wilson Eyre	Alexander Stirling Calder	1924	-

Thatcher Memorial Fountain	-	City Park, Denver, Colorado	J.R.M. Morrison	Lorado Taft	1918

Tyler Davidson Fountain	-	Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Ohio	August von Kreling Ferdinand von Miller Fritz von Miller Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller	1871	-

Unisphere	-	Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York City	Gilmore D. Clarke	1964	-

Vaillancourt Fountain "Quebec Libre!"	Vaillancourt Fountain, San Francisco (2013).JPG	Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, California	Armand Vaillancourt	1971	Justin Herman Plaza from Steuart Tower.JPG The plaza from above.

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The Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain (aka Dupont Circle Fountain), in Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., was designed and created by the architects and sculptors Henry Bacon and Daniel Chester in 1921.

final_sentence: The Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain (aka Dupont Circle Fountain), in Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., was designed and created by the architects and sculptors Henry Bacon and Daniel Chester in 1921.