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Ahlgrim, Fred H.,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Michigan City
Fountain
Bench
Sculpture
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
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000895
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