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Henry Burgie Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Collins and Burgie Company, founder. J. W. Fiske Iron Works, founder. Title:  Henry Burgie Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Burgie Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1895. Medium:  Metal. Dimensions:  Approx. 6 x 4 x 3 ft. Description:  An octagonal gray column which was formerly a fountain. It has four basins attached to alternate sides. The two smallest basins are near the bottom on opposite sides, and once held water for dogs. The other basins are at mid-height on the column. The larger of these formerly held water for horses, while the smaller was for people. The former horse basin is now a flower planter. Subject:  Architecture -- Monument -- Fountain Homage -- Burgie, Henry N. Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- New Castle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Castle, Office of the Mayor, 220 Delaware Street, New Castle, Delaware 19720 Located Delaware Street in front of Court House, New Castle, Delaware Remarks:  The fountain is a memorial to Henry N. Burgie, who died in 1886 at the age of 19. The fountain was a gift of his mother Annie N. Burgie and was cast by her husband's firm Collins and Burgie Company in Chicago. A plaque was installed in 1978 by Leon S. Newlove, Harold Hoagland, Francis L. Sentman, C. Brokaw Sentman and Virginia N. Davis, grandnephews and grandniece of Annie N. Burgie. IAS files contain a related article from The New Castle Gazette (New Castle, DE), March 29, 1978, pg. 1. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Delaware survey, 1994. Illustration:  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 DE000031   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DE000031 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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