MAPCO Fountain - Tulsa, OK
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N 36° 08.130 W 095° 59.236
15S E 231188 N 4003112
Multi-tiered white fountain at Veteran's Park
Waymark Code: WMBMQW
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2011
Views: 8
Multi-tiered white fountain located in Veteran's Park. Across the street are several memorials to veterans who fought in foreign wars.
The fountain has five platform tiers above the main fountain base. They are staggered, so that the water flows in different directions as it comes down. Three vertical columns support the tiers. The fountain is landscaped with low shrubs.
From the Smithsonian database:
Dimensions:
Approx. 20 x 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque:) ROBERT J. LAFORTUNE AND ROBERT E. THOMAS/MAYOR CITY OF TULSA/CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MAPCO/DEDICATED THIS/PLAZA AND FOUNTAIN/TO THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL/TULSANS/WITH THE GOOD WISHES OF/MAPCO, INC./JUNE 21, 1977/GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED BY THE CITY OF TULSA/AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. unsigned
Description:
Fountain consists of two shallow pools and a series of elevated platforms.
Remarks:
Gift of Mid-America Pipeline Company (MAPCO) to the City of Tulsa. MAPCO maintains the sculpture. The fountain is lit at night. IAS files contain related articles from the Tulsa Tribune, April 10, 1975 and Tulsa World, June 22, 1977 and an inventory list of city-owned artworks from the Tulsa Arts Commission, ca. 1986.
TITLE: MAPCO Fountain
ARTIST(S): Chief Boyd (sculptor); McCune, McCune & Associates, architectural firm
DATE: Installed May 1977
MEDIUM: Sculpture: white Portland cement, painted; Basin: white Portland cement, painted.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OK000177
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Veteran's Park (1875 S. Boulder Dr.)
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The database lists the location of this sculpture as Boulder Park. The sign by the fountain says Veteran's Park, but it may still be referred to as Boulder Park since the address is on Boulder.
I could not find a plaque at the fountain.
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