Lotta Fountain - Boston, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 21.336 W 071° 04.570
19T E 329013 N 4691346
The statue of a German Shepherd adorns the top of the Lotta Fountain on the Charles river Esplanade in Boston, MA.
Waymark Code: WMMDQ4
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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Charlotte Mignon "Lotta" Crabtree was a famous American actress and comedian during the latter half of the 19th Century. She never married and after her death in 1924 part of the funds from her estate was used to construct fountains, around the United States, to provide water for working horses and animals.

One of the surviving Lotta Fountains is located on the Esplanade in Boston, MA. It was sculpted by Katherine Weems, who was famous for her realistic portrayals of animals, and installed in 1939. A stone sculpture of a German Shepherd rests on top of the fountain looking down on the water basin below. The fountainhead is a sculpture of a cat.

The front face of the fountain has the following inscriptions:

LOTTA
FOUNTAIN
1939

and

GIFT OF
LOTTA M. CRABTREE
1847 - 1924

Breed: German Shepherd

Date Built: 1939
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