Stanley Thomas Pullen - Portland, ME
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YoSam.
N 43° 39.544 W 070° 15.325
19T E 398773 N 4834772
Built as a watering trough for horses and humans could drink here then, also; but not anymore. Horses do occasionally use the trough, but is mainly a piece of working art today.
Waymark Code: WMK78Y
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2014
Views: 7
County of fountain: Cumberland County
Location of fountain: Federal St., behind the fire station, Portland
Artist: Unknown
Plaque Text:
In Memory of
STANLEY THOMAS PULLEN
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president of Maine State Society
for the Protection of Animals
1891 ----- 1910
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--"Sweet Mercy Is Nobility's True Badge" --
Proper Description:
"Non-operating watering trough juts out from the sidewalk onto the street. There are four basins in total, rounded at the front and back and square on the sides. The basin on the sidewalk side holds a drinking fountain for people, while others are for animals. Gargoyle fish are installed vertically on plain square columns around the central decorative element which also bears the plaques." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
Remarks:
"Fountain honors Stanley T. Pullen (1843-1910), President of the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. The piece was maintained by the City's Public Works Department until 1961 when maintenance responsibility was transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
"The fountain was installed in 1910 as a horse trough and fountain on what was then the busy thoroughfare of Federal Street. It was designed by George Burnham of Portland and executed by the New Hampshire Granite Company.
"The fountain was named in honor of local lawyer, politician and onetime editor of the Portland Daily Press, Stanley Thomas Pullen (1843-1910).
"Pullen was also one of the founders of the Portland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, organized in May 1872. He was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Society for the Protection of Animals, which merged with the local group in 1891 and he is considered one of the state's first animal rights pioneers.
"The fountain has served as a horse watering trough for more than a century, and remains in use during the warmer months when horse-drawn tour carriages amble through the Old Port.
"The classically designed granite fountain is ornamented with six dolphins, and during its heyday was referred to as "The Bubble" by local children." -