Cogswell Fountain - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Posted by: BruceS
N 41° 52.608 W 071° 23.005
19T E 302224 N 4638844
Drinking fountain with sculpture of a heron on top located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Waymark Code: WMCQN0
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2011
Views: 11
The sculpture has a triangular base with a column on top. Atop the column is a bronze sculpture of a heron. On each side of base are bas-relief figures of animal heads, a horse, a frog and a dog above the basins of the fountains.
Base is inscribed:
God's
Free Gift To
Man And Beast
Presented By
H.D. Cogswell D.D.S. of San Francisco
To The Citizens Of
Pawtucket And Central Falls
And Their Descendants Forever
Indefatigable Perseverance
With Patient Industry
Leads To Fortune
Idleness And Dissipation to Povery
Never Leave Your Work
For Others To Do
New Replacement Bird Installed By Sciocto Monuments, 1991