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Water Wheel Garden, (sculpture). Artist:  Ahlgrim, Fred H., architect. Title:  Water Wheel Garden, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Rock Garden, (sculpture). Dates:  1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Pink and black granite, stone aggregate, and wood. Dimensions:  Approx. 7 1/2 x 75 x 285 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An extensive rock and water sculpture running on the ground in a serpentine pattern east to west. Water flows from a pump concealed in a small stone, gabled structure over a wooden water wheel into a connected series of pools and channels. The channels are separated by flower urns and bridges and bordered with pink and black granite. Stone aggregate benches are placed at intervals alongside the channels. Subject:  Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Michigan City Fountain Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Michigan City, Parks and Recreation Department, Lakefront, Michigan City, Indiana 46360 Located Washington Park, Lakefront, Michigan City, Indiana Remarks:  The sculpture was built under the auspices of FERA (Federal Employees Relief Administration) as a WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. Fred H. Ahlgrim was the architect. IAS files contain a related article from the South Bend Tribune, March 27, 1991. Washington Park is on the National Register of Historic Places and a 1988 NRHP form is on file at the Division of Historic Preservation Archaeology, Indianapolis. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. Illustration:  South Bend Tribune, March 27, 1991. Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS IN000895   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000895 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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