Roosevelt Fountain - Brookfield Zoo
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cldisme
N 41° 49.982 W 087° 50.023
16T E 430773 N 4631574
The focal point for the Brookfield Zoo
Waymark Code: WM27DY
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2007
Views: 34
A plaque at the north end reads:
This fountain was erected in memory of Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth President of the United States, with a fund contribution by individuals and by the Chicago Zoological Society. - 1954
The Roosevelt Fountain is surrounded by 1.5-acre wildflower garden consisting of 23,000 perennials and 10,000 bulbs. The plantings planned so that there will be a succession of different blooming plants throughout the growing season
Because of Chicago's freezing winters, this fountain is operational seasonally.
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