John W. Underhill - Mays Landing, NJ
N 39° 27.136 W 074° 43.616
18S E 523494 N 4367002
An entire fountain dedicated to a single citizen.
Waymark Code: WM9RP4
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2010
Views: 3
This fountain is located in the middle of Veterans Park in the center of town. The fountain has a beautiful female sculpture at the top and neat little frogs on the coping which surrounds this circular water feature. There is a medium sized granite marker which doubles as a water fountain at the western end and another as well which have two different inscriptions. The first inscription reads:
In Memory of
John W.
Underhill
Negro Citizen
and
Public Benefactor
Years of his life were
spent near this park and
the school to which he be-
queathed the savings of a
lifetime - that the park be
improved and beautified
to promote the health
and education of
our youth.
The other plaque reads:
John W.
Underhill
Fountain
Erected in 1932 by
the township committee
of Hamilton Township
in grateful recognition
of his generous bequests
to Mays Landing