General Service Enterprise
Bicentennial Fountain
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A second fountain now stands
on the site formerly occupied by the Weidenmann Project's Centennial
Fountain. The original, Renaissance-style fountain was a copy
of one displayed at Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition in 1876.
The ornate cast-iron work was topped with a woman holding a vase.
Between its two basins, three additional female figures circled
the center support. Swans and cherubs ringed the base.
After decades of vandalism and disrepair, the new fountain
was ordered in 1980. The ten-foot- high Bicentennial Fountain
was installed in 1982. |
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