Reverend William Scott Southgate Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Reverend William Scott Southgate Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Brown, T. Roland, sculptor.

Reverend William Scott Southgate Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Southgate Memorial Fountain, ( sculpture).

Dedicated May 21, 1901.

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Sculpture: Indiana limestone; Basin: granite and concrete, painted.

Sculpture: approx. 23 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in.; Basin: approx. H. 1 ft. 9 in. x Diam. 16 ft. 4 in.

(Base of cross, west side:) TO THE MEMORY/OF REV. WILLIAM SCOTT SOUTHGATE/FOR THIRTY YEARS/RECTOR OF SAINT/ANNE'S PARISH IN AN-/NE ARUNDEL COUN-/TY, MARYLAND./BORN APRIL 10, 1831./DIED MAY 21, 1899. (Base of cross, east side:) ERECTED BY/THE CITIZENS/OF ANNAPOLIS,/AND BY HIS OLD PARISHIONERS./TO KEEP IN RE-/MEMBRANCE/A NOBLE LIFE. unsigned

A large cross with a Gothic quatre-foil ornamentation around the top is set on a tall square base that is adorned on the north and south faces with a lion's head fountain spout. Water pours from each lion's mouth into an octagonal granite basin. The basin is painted light blue.

Homage -- Southgate, William Scott

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Emblem -- Cross

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Annapolis

Administered by City of Annapolis, Public Works, 160 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Located Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland

The fountain commemorates Reverend William Scott Southgate (1831 or 1833-1899), rector of Saint Anne's Parish in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for thirty years. It was erected by the citizens of Annapolis and his parishioners. For related reading see: William K. Paynter's "St. Anne's Annapolis: History and Times," Annapolis, MD, 1980; Clarence Marbury White, Sr.'s, and Evangeline Kaise White's "The Years Between, A Chronicle of Annapolis, Md., 1800-1900," New York, NY: Exposition Press, 1957.

IAS files contain photocopies of the following newspaper articles: The Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland): May 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, June 10, 1899, and, May 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 1901; The Baltimore Sun: May, 22, 1899, and May 22, 1901.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.

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