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Homage -- Elmer, Howard
Occupation -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Sayre
Fountain
Sculpture
Howard Elmer Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Howard Elmer Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
1912.
Medium:
Painted cast iron.
Dimensions:
Fountain: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.
Inscription:
(On front:) HOWARD ELMER PARK (Brass plaque:) HOWARD ELMER/MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN/THIS FOUNTAIN INSTALLED IN THIS PARK/IS A MEMORIAL TO SAYRE BOROUGH'S FOUNDER/HOWARD ELMER BY HIS WIDOW MRS. HOWARD ELMER/DURING 1912/MR. ELMER'S LONG LIST OF CREDITS INCLUDES HIS WORK AS/A FOUNDER OF BOTH SAYRE LAND COMPANY/AND SAYRE WATER COMPANY/IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 1991 SAYRE BOROUGH CENTENNIAL/PENNSYLVANIA WATER COMPANY THE SUCCESSOR CORPORATION/TO BOTH COMPANIES HAS RESTORED THIS FOUNTAIN unsigned
Description:
Cast iron fountain with urn, topping squared pedestal with original projecting basins on three sides, and a "modern replacement" basin fourth side. At back, on ground level is a small basin for animals to drink from.
Subject:
Homage -- Elmer, Howard
Occupation -- Other -- Colonizer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Sayre
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Sayre Borough, 110 Packer Avenue, P. O. Box 39, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840
Located Howard Elmer Park, Sayre, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The fountain was restored in 1991.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
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 PA001759
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001759
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