Lawn Gnome Hydrant - Ardmore, OK
N 34° 10.112 W 097° 08.462
14S E 671342 N 3782405
A lawn gnome is the subject on a repainted hydrant that stands at the corner of 4th Ave SW and K St SW, Ardmore, OK.
Waymark Code: WM19EVW
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2024
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Not long ago, this was a standard red hydrant. In 2019,
Create Ardmore and the Ardmore Fire Department worked together on a beautification effort in which fire hydrants in the downtown Cultural Arts District -- a comparatively small number compared to the over 1600 hydrants that the Ardmore FD has to maintain throughout the area! -- would be given the glamour treatment. As the Ardmore FD requires that the hydrants have a specific color cap -- red, orange, green or blue -- to indicate how much water pressure each tank has behind it, they did the priming work, leaving local volunteers to use their imaginations and minimal guidelines in the effort.
The cap is now the gnome's cap, still mostly red with a white button at the top, and some lime green. The gnome appears to be winking, with one eye shut, and he has a yellow nose, with his white beard and long hair taking up a good amount of the front and bank. His body is light blue, with some orange on the side outlet caps.