(Transit Station Fountain), (sculpture).

(Transit Station Fountain), (sculpture).

Dixon, Jim, designer.

(Transit Station Fountain), (sculpture).

Fountain: granite, concrete and brick; Basin: concrete and brick.

Fountain: approx. 5 ft. 2 in. x 8 ft. x 13 ft. 6 in.; Basin: approx. 19 in. x 12 ft. 5 in. x 16 ft. 8 in.

(On plaque on front of basin, raised:) Fountain Construction/Funded by/"The Rome Jaycees" unsigned

An abstract fountain made of stacked granite blocks vaguely in the shape of a pyramid.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Rome

Administered by City of Rome, Transit Department, 168 North Avenue, Rome, Georgia 30161

Located Transit Station, 216 East First Street, Rome, Georgia

Mr. Jim Dixon, assistant city manager, designed the fountain and supervised its construction by his city work crew. The fountain is composed of the curbing stones of grey granite, which were removed from Broad Street when the modern "streetscape" was executed. The stones were placed as curbs around 1910. Funded by the Rome Jaycees. Fountain has no drainage system or re-circulation.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

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