Haller Fountain in Port Townsend
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Jeremy
N 48° 06.903 W 122° 45.428
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The Haller Statue and Fountain, located at the base of the Taylor Street stairs, was ordered from a catalog in 1905. Originally created for the Mexican exhibit at the 1893 Chicago Exhibition, the fountain was later donated to the city by Theodore N. Haller "in memory of early pioneers."
Waymark Code: WMEVH
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2006
Views: 48
The statue and fountain was originally cast by the J. L. Mott Foundry in New York, which made plumbing fixtures. The statue dates from 1875-1919. The artist is unknown.
Galatea's sister statue, Venus Rising from the Sea at Kimberly Crest Gardens in Redlands, CA was remade from the original cast after being damaged. Mark Stevenson, a local Port Townsend artist was commissioned to complete the replica. The fountain was delivered and installed October 22, 2002.
A similar fountain, The Central Fountain of St James Court, in Old Louisville, KY, marks the center of the original Southern Exposition of 1883.
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