Prefontaine Fountain
Fountain in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
47°36′07″N 122°19′51″W / 47.60194°N 122.33083°W / 47.60194; -122.33083 
Prefontaine Fountain is a fountain by Carl Frelinghuysen Gould, installed at Prefontaine Place, 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] The fountain and sidewalk between it and Pioneer Square station have been fenced off since 2023.[5]
See also
Visual arts portal
- 1925 in art
References
- ^ "Prefontaine Fountain, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Prefontaine Place". Seattle Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. 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. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "City Hall Park Reopens After Nearly Two Years, Still a City Asset". The Urbanist. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prefontaine Fountain.
- "Prefontaine Fountain". Public Art Archive.
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