Marquis Converse Memorial Fountain - Brimfield MA
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N 42° 07.349 W 072° 12.049
18T E 731385 N 4667168
The Marquis Converse Memorial Fountain, Main Street, 1895 (MHC# 901) was designed by a Mr. Parsons and executed in granite from the Flynt Granite Company in Monson.
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2020
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The Marquis Converse Memorial Fountain, Main Street, 1895 (MHC# 901) was designed by a Mr. Parsons and executed in granite from the Flynt Granite Company in Monson. It is a square structure in the shape of a four-foot square well, whose walls are about three feet high. Above the well is a bell-shaped hipped roof supported by four Doric columns. On the crest of the hipped roof is a granite ball on which sits a glass and copper enclosed kerosene lantern. Projecting from the eastern side of the base is an oval trough for animals, mainly for oxen to drink from, and on the western side, seemingly resting on the base, is a small carved granite keg which is a fountain for people. In the center of the well monument is a shallow basin for collected water, where horses were taken to drink.
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