Monument
Monument

1889  Battell Fountain
Designed by Stanford White

Mary Eldridge built Battell Fountain in 1889 in memory of her uncle Joseph Battell. Designed by Stanford White with bronze work by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the fountain is executed in pink stone in the conventional arrangement of round column topped by a sphere with a trough for animals on one side and a fountain for humans on the other. Streams of water spurt from the mouths of fish on the sphere, and from a lion and fish mounted on either side of the column. Two more animal heads on the side of the trough spurt water into shallow basins at grade for small animals. The nearby marble bench was part of the original composition, and the two tall handsome free-standing bronze lamps were added at a later date to match the two on the column.

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