Hiram Still Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Hiram Still Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Forest Lawn Granite & Marble Works, fabricator.

Hiram Still Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Hiram Still Horsetrough, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 30, 1914.

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Vermont Barre granite.

Approx. 59 x 56 x 75 in.

(On plaque on sculpture:) TO THE MEMORY OF/HIRAM STILL/BY HIS WIFE/CHARLOTTE BURTON/DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC/MAY 30 1914

A fountain with a watering trough for horses and dogs facing onto the street, with a drinking fountain for people on its other side, facing the sidewalk. The trough is hexagon-shaped, with a wall of stone-like objects rising behind it. A cut log runs across the top of the wall from which water pours from a sawed-off limb into a receptacle facing the sidewalk. There are flora and fauna on both sides of the wall. There is a plaque dedicating the fountain to Hiram Still on the wall, beneath the log.

Homage -- Still, Hiram

Occupation -- Industry -- Lumber

Occupation -- Other -- Businessman

Landscape -- Tree

Landscape -- Rocks

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Saginaw

Administered by City of Saginaw, Water Treatment Plant, 522 Ezra Rust, Saginaw, Michigan 48601

Located Washington Avenue between Rust Street & Ezra Rust Drive, on Waterworks land, Saginaw, Michigan

Hiram Still (1842-1910), was one of Saginaw's most active businessmen. In company with J. T. Burnham, he operated a large sawmill for many years, and later engaged in raising many thousands of sunken logs from the Saginaw River and its tributaries. He operated a large car ferry business and also purchased a steamer and engaged in the navigation of the Great Lakes. Mr. Still was also one of Saginaw's most active Masons. The idea of a fountain with a watering trough in his memory came about because of his love for horses and dogs. The fountain was constructed at a cost of $1,200. A log which surmounts the fountain symbolizes Mr. Still's interests as a lumberman. IAS files contain related articles from Saginaw News, July 21, 1964 and Saginaw Courier Herald, May 31, 1914.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.

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