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Fountain City Rock Garden, (sculpture). Artist:  Mehringer, John, sculptor. Title:  Fountain City Rock Garden, (sculpture). Dates:  1930s. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Stone, glass, and cement. Dimensions:  Entrance pillars: approx. 7.8 x 1.7 x 2 ft.; Windmill: approx. H. 5 ft. x 2.5 ft.; Wishing Well: approx. H. 7.7 ft. x D. 4.3 ft.; Windmill on Hill: approx. H. 6.9 ft. x D. 3.4 ft.; Bird House: approx. 6.8 x 2.6 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (On cement slabs in garden:) FOUNTAIN/CITY/ROCK/GARDEN Description:  Built against a hillside is a rock garden featuring a lily pond and ornamental items including an open wishing well, windmills, a birdhouse, and fountains. A miniature bridge spans the pond and is large enough to support the weight of visitors. The objects are made from rocks and thousands of bits of broken glass in many different colors set in cement. At the entrance to the garden are two tall pillars also in colored glass with a mirror mounted on each of them. Different kinds and colors of mosses, cacti, wild plants and flowers grow throughout the garden and in between chinks in the rocks. Subject:  Architecture -- Other -- Well Architecture -- Industry -- Windmill Architecture -- Monument -- Fountain Architecture -- Detail -- Column Architecture -- Bridge Object -- Other -- Birdhouse Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Fountain City Folk Fountain Mosaic Gate Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Schultz, Gilbert, Fountain City, Wisconsin Located Eagle Bluff off State Highway 95, Fountain City, Wisconsin Remarks:  The artist, a retired farmer, started the rock garden as a hobby after moving to Fountain City with his wife. He built the garden throughout the 1930s using a variety of rocks found on Fountain City roadsides and hills. A few of the rocks were brought by the Mehringers from the Badlands of the Dakotas and parts of the state of Washington. Visitors can walk through the garden and across the miniature bridge that spans the lily pond. IAS files contain an article from the Fountain City Recorder, June 3, 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993. Illustration:  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 WI000405   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WI000405 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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