Tag: Fountain

image of the Mellon Fountain at 6th and Constitution Avenue, NW

Mellon Memorial Fountain

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The Mellon memorial fountain was dedicated in 1952 to memorialize Andrew W. Mellon (March 24, 1855, – August 27, 1937) who provided money to build the National Gallery of Art, and gift his art collection to it.

Benjamin Banneker Park

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Benjamin Banneker Park is located at the southern end of L’Enfant Boulevard and is named for Banneker who was an African-American scientist and surveyor who helped to map out the city of Washington.

Bartholdi Fountain

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Bartholdi‘s Renaissance-style fountain of cast iron was first exhibited at the International Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Congress bought it a year later for $6,000. Its first location was at the base of Capitol Hill to the south of where the Grant Memorial is located. Later it was removed and stored. And in 1932…

Kahlil Gibran

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The memorial to the Kahlil Gibran, who wrote “The Prophet” in 1923, was conceived of by Sheryl Dekour Ameen and is the first monument to an Arab-American on federal land in Washington.

Simon Bolivar

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Statue: Simon Bolivar, South American Liberator, July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830 Location: 18th and C Street and Virginia Avenue, NW (Bolivar Park) Sculptor: Felix W. de Weldon, Washington, D.C. Dedication: February 28, 1959 Cost to taxpayers: $0 In 1955 a resolution was passed in the Senate authorizing acceptance of a statue to Simon Bolivar,…

J. J. Darlington Memorial and Fountain

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This little statue to a prominent Washington attorney by a prominent sculptor caused quite a stir when it was unveiled. There is very little written about the inception of this memorial, but it only took 3 years to erect — practically a record in terms of memorial placement.