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Dale, Herbert D.,
Frederick Barnicoat (Firm),
Object -- Flower
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Winsor
Sculpture
Loomis Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dale, Herbert D., architect.
Frederick Barnicoat (Firm), contractor.
Title:
Loomis Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1880?
Medium:
Fountain: marble; Base: Westerly granite or limestone; Text plaque: bronze.
Dimensions:
Approx. 11 x 6 x 4 1/2 ft.
Inscription:
(Frieze at top of south face, raised caps on bronze plaque:) THIS FOUNTAIN COMMEMORATES/-1809- HEZIKIAH BRADLEY LOOMIS -1878-/A NATIVE OF WINDSOR/ERECTED BY HIS WIFE EUPHEMIA A LOOMIS (Bronze plaque at bottom of west side:) FOUNTAIN OF THE GREEN/RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT TO/THE EUPHEMIA A. LOOMIS MEMORIAL/SPONSORED BY THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF WINDSOR/HONOR PATRONS (List of people remembered)/"EXHILARATION THROUGH WATER/AS A LIVING COMMEMORATIVE"/1633 WINDSOR'S 350TH BIRTHDAY 1983 unsigned
Description:
The 2 1/2 ft. high fountain basin is rounded on front and back, south and north, with a raised wreath decorating each face. A canopy supported by four Doric columns tops the basin. The bottom third of each column is fluted and wrapped in a spiral of rose garland. More rose garlands hang over the canopy top. A cartouche crowns the composition.
Subject:
Object -- Flower
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Winsor
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Windsor, Building Management, Budget Director, 275 Broad Street, Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Located Broad Street Green, 275 Broad Street, Winsor, Connecticut 06095
Remarks:
IAS files contain a copy of Preston Maynard, Historical and Architectural Resources Survey of Windsor, Statewide Historic Resources Inventory, Hartford: Connecticut Historical Commission, 1981, Inventory form #32, discussing the fountain. Hezikiah B. Loomis was the son of Colonel James Loomis, one of the founding members of Loomis Institute, now Loomis-Chaffee School.
References:
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0045, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
Monumental News, July 1902, April 1903.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Monumental News, April 1903, pg. 240.
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 CT000118
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000118
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