Col. Oliver W. Lull Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Col. Oliver W. Lull Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Jones, R. D., architect.

M. D. Jones & Company, architectural firm.

Col. Oliver W. Lull Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Dedicated June 26, 1894.

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Sculpture: painted bronze, glass; Basin: painted concrete, stone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft. x Diam. 4 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 30 in. x Diam. 10 ft.

(On plaque on proper right:) IN HONOR/OF THE/GALLANT MEN FROM/MILFORD,/WHO PLEDGED OR GAVE/THEIR LIVES FOR LIBERTY/AND IN DEFENSE OF THE/UNION (On plaque on front:) OUR PATRIOT DEAD./THEY STILL LIVE/IN WORDS THE TRUEST./DEEDS THE NOBLEST./AND IN LOVE/THAT IS ETERNAL (On plaque on proper left:) LIBERTY/HEROES OF THE/REVOLUTION/1776-1781/ON LAND AND SEA/PATRIOTS OF 1812/UNION (On plaque at rear:) MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN/DEDICATED BY/OLIVER W. LULL POST/G.A.R./ON THE/100th ANNIVERSARY (On individual stones around rim of pool:) Wyoming Iowa Oregon State of Texas Red Cross N.Y. Minn. UTAH Washington Alabama Arkansas Michigan Kansas South Carolina

Full-length female figure holding aloft a glass globe lamp. The figure wears classical robes and sandals. The bronze figure stands on a round base in the center of an ornate petalled fountain basin. The basin is supported by a pedestal which is decorated in the middle with four lion's heads. Water pours from the mouths of the lions. The bronze fountain pedestal stands in a concrete pool which is flush with the ground. The pool is painted blue and is ornamented around the rim with native stones from 43 states.

Figure female -- Full length

History -- United States -- Revolution

History -- United States -- War of 1812

History -- United States -- Civil War

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Milford

Administered by Town of Milford, Public Works Department, 1 Union Square, Milford, New Hampshire 03055

Located Wadleigh Memorial Library, Nashua Street, Milford, New Hampshire

Formerly located Lullwood, Nashua Street, Milford, New Hampshire

The fountain was given to the town by Dr. Oliver W. Lull (Mrs. Mary Augustus Lull) in memory of her husband, Col. Lull who was killed in the Civil War. Dr. Lull presented the fountain to the Oliver W. Lull Post of the G.A.R. The fountain originally stood on the grounds of the Lull estate, Lullwood. When the house was demolished to make way for the new town library in 1950, the fountain was moved to the west lawn of the library. At that time, an elaborate top which had deteriorated was removed, the basin bowl was made smaller and a single light replaced the original colored lights. IAS files contain detailed condition assessments for the rocks placed around the rim of the pool.

IAS files contain copies of related excerpts from Winifred A. Wright's "The Granite Town: Milford NH 1901-1978", Canaan, 1979, pg. 75-76; from David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 139-141; from Mrs. Oliver W. Lull's "Soldiers' Memorial Light and Fountain", Milford: Cabinet Book Print, 1900, pg. 2-9; from "Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Milford, New Hampshire...", Milford: Cabinet Press, 1894, pg. 73-74; and from George A. Ramsdell's "History of Milford", Concord: The Rumford Press, 1901, pg. 406-409, 555-557. IAS files contain copy of related article from Nashua Daily Telegraph, June 26, 1894.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.

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