Prefontaine Fountain
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Location | Seattle, Washington, United States |
47°36′07″N 122°19′51″W / 47.60194°N 122.33083°WCoordinates: 47°36′07″N 122°19′51″W / 47.60194°N 122.33083°W |
Prefontaine Fountain is a fountain by Carl Frelinghuysen Gould, installed at , a small park in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle, Washington, near the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Yesler Way.
Description[]
The circular basin and wall are concrete; the low basin rim has sculptures of turtles. Blue ceramic tiles line the fountain basin.[1]
History[]
The fountain is the city's oldest, completed in 1925, on land deeded to the city in 1912.[2] The park and fountain were dedicated in June 1926 to the late Francis X. Prefontaine, a Catholic priest who built the city's first Catholic church and provided $5,000 for the fountain's construction.[3] The park and fountain were rebuilt during construction of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel and adjacent Pioneer Square station in the late 1980s, reopening in 1990.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Prefontaine Fountain, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Prefontaine Place". Seattle Parks and Recreation. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Fountain in Memory of Father Prefontaine". The Seattle Times. June 12, 1926. p. 6.
- ^ Lane, Bob (June 7, 1990). "Deafening silence: Bus tunnel's done". The Seattle Times. p. B1. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
External links[]
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- "Prefontaine Fountain". Public Art Archive.
- 1925 establishments in Washington (state)
- 1925 sculptures
- Fountains in Washington (state)
- Outdoor sculptures in Seattle
- Sculptures of turtles
- Washington (state) building and structure stubs