Archibald Water Fountain - Coronado, CA
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N 32° 41.127 W 117° 10.815
11S E 483102 N 3616431
There is a small cluster of Rotary donated items at this location...Rotary Park...a tree, bench and a town clock in addition to this water fountain.
Waymark Code: WME4J3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2012
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Located on Orange Avenue and Isabella Avenue in Coronado, this water fountain has a small plaque bearing the Rotary logo and the inscription:
"DEDICATED TO
ROBERT E. (ARCH) ARCHIBALD
TO HONOR HIS MANY YEARS
OF SERVICE TO THE
ROTARY CLUB OF CORNADO
MARCH 1989"
The Club's website (
visit link) has this to say about the "double water bubbler" and the other items the Club sponosred near here:
"The Coronado Rotary community project that is probably most dear to all ages is the city's Star Pine Christmas tree. After Coronado Rotary Park was established at the intersection of Orange and Isabella, Coronado Rotarians, with help from Emily T. Thompson, widow of Rotarian Charles Thompson, planted the tree in 1936. Today, the Star Pine stands as Coronado Rotary's commitment to community service.
Not to be outdone, the following generation of local Rotarians installed the concrete bench and the double water bubbler at the park. On February 23, 2005, in celebration of Rotary's Centennial, many members of the community joined Rotary Club of Coronado in christening the magnificent town clock at the park as the club's Centennial gift to the community.
Coincident with the city's renovation and expansion of Coronado Rotary Park in 2008-2009, the popular pedestrian gathering place was officially named "Coronado Rotary Plaza." Not only did the club provide the four new seating benches in the new plaza, but on July 8, 2009, club members and community christened the wonderful new plaza fountain "Jim Vernetti Fountain" to honor Dr. Jim's extraordinary service to humanity."