Metcalfe Square Drinking Fountain - Ottawa, Ontario
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A drinking fountain, previously to be found in Metcalfe Square Park, has been removed and is now resting in front of a private residence in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WMDJ52
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/19/2012
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"This drinking fountain was a presentation to Mayor Samuel Bingham from D. O'Connor Q.C.. Individual tin cups were attached to chains perched on a circle of cast iron cup holders. It was placed atop a stone plinth with a carved dedication and was located in a corner of Metcalfe Square. Bingham (1845-1905), a native of Lowertown, was Mayor of Ottawa for the 1897-1898 term. O'Connor was obviously an enthusiastic supporter.
'Metcalfe Square' which has long disappeared straddled Sussex Street, near the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Railway Station. All of the streets north of Boteler were cleared away for the Macdonald Cartier Bridge approaches.
But the fountain , or at least its base, has survived.
It was moved to the front of the John Bingham house nearby at 120 Boteler Street. The Bingham family lived here from 1898 to 2007, when it was sold to new owners who undertook a meticulous restoration that won a 2011 Ottawa Architectural Conservation Award of Excellence."
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