Three Dancing Maidens Fountain-
Posted by: NevaP
N 37° 34.649 W 122° 20.948
10S E 557471 N 4159136
Burlingame's Wurlitzer Fountain: A hidden treasure.
Waymark Code: WM1H8D
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2007
Views: 61
This little hidden gem is a twin of a fountain located in new York City’s Central Park. It was created by German sculptor Walter Schott (1861-1938) around 1910. Schott named it "Drei tanzende Madchen", Three Dancing Maidens. The fountain was awarded the Grand Prize at The World Exposition in Brussels in 1910, and later won the Great Gold Medal from the Munich Glass Palace Exhibition in 1912.
It was purchased in Germany by the Wurlitzer family (of Wurlitzer Organ fame) and originally installed at their home in Cincinnati Ohio. In the 1950 Raimond Wurlitzer moved the fountain to Burlingame and placed it behind the commercial property he owned in the 1400 block, where it stands today and is locally referred to as "Burlingame's Wurlitzer Fountain."
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