Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park - Hartford, CT
Posted by: CraigInCT
N 41° 45.997 W 072° 40.853
18T E 692769 N 4626463
The only fountain in Americas oldest public park
Waymark Code: WM413K
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2008
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Erected in 1899 and presented by John Corning (Corning Glass Works of New York) as a tribute to his father, a Hartford businessman who operated a grist mill on the site. Designed by James Massey Rhind of New York, the sculpture uses a Native American theme, rather than a classical one, which would have been more typical of the period. The monument is made of marble and stone, 30 feet tall, with the figure of a stag (or "Hart" for Hartford) surrounded by Saukiog Indians, the city's first inhabitants.
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