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    		• Crook, Russell Gerry,
     
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    		• Judge, Robert,
     
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    		• Lacey, Tom,
     
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    		• Bureau Brothers,
     
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    		• Meredith Gardens,
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Center Harbor
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Kona Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Crook, Russell Gerry, 1869-1955, sculptor.
    Judge, Robert, contractor.
    Lacey, Tom, contractor.
    Bureau Brothers, founder.
    Meredith Gardens, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    The Kona Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 1907. Rededicated July 4, 1991.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Basin: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 45 x 39 1/4 x 20 in.; Basin: approx. H. 54 in. x Diam. 98 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left rear of self-base:) R. Crook (On proper left side of self base:) KONA (On perimeter of basin:) PRESENTED TO CENTER HARBOR FOR DUMB ANIMALS BY HERBERT DUMARESQ SEPTEMBER 23, 1907 signed
    Description: 
    An Indian in crouching position holding a goose. The goose's head is held up by the Indian, and this acts as the fountain. The bronze sculpture stands in the center of a round granite basin. The outer edges of the basin have small bas-relief fish motifs.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Animal -- Bird -- Goose
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Center Harbor
    Fountain
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Center Harbor, Old Meredith Road, P. O. Box 140, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, 03226
    Located Intersection of Main Street, Plymouth Street and Old Meredith Road, Center Harbor, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque: "Kona Fountain has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior."
    The sculpture and fountain were a gift to the town of Center Harbor from Herbert Dumaresq, a wealthy merchant from Boston who owned a nearby summer estate. Robert Judge did the plumbing; Tom Lacey, the irrigation work. and Meredith Gardens, the surrounding landscaping.
    In the late 1980's the town formed a committee to oversee the restoration of the fountain. Restoration work included installing a new circulating water system, raising the fountain 18 inches, surrounding the fountain with granite curbing and replacing a cracked granite foundation. The restored sculpture and fountain were rededicated on July 4, 1991.
    IAS files contain copies of related articles from Evening Citizen (Lanconia, NH), July 4 and 5, 1991; and The Meredith News (Meredith, NH), July 10, 1991. IAS files contain copies of related Kona Fountain Committee annual reports from 1988-1991; and copy of related committee press release, June 22, 1991. IAS files contain copy of related rededication program booklet; and excerpt from Gladys Bickford, et al,"Centre Harbor New Hampshire", Center Harbor: Historical Society, 1986, pg. 63-64. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Barbara Kelley's "Kona Farm", Moultonborough, NH: 1989, pg. 45-46; and excerpt from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, unpublished manuscript, pg. 163-165.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
    Gurney, George, 1991.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Meredith News (Meredith, NH), July 10, 1991, pg. 1.
    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 71500155
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