Angell Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Angell Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Peabody and Stearns, architectural firm.

Angell Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

George Thorndike Angell Memorial Horse Fountain, (sculpture).

Fountain: terrazzo and gilded copper; Base: terrazzo and steel.

Fountain: approx. H. 60 ft. x W. 10 ft.

(Lower section of central shaft:) IN MEMORY / OF / GEORGE / THORNDIKE / ANGELL / 1823-1909

(On bronze plaque around bottom of central shaft:) Angell Memorial Plaza rededicated 1993 in recognition of the one/hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Massachusetts/Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals./Gus. W. Thorntown, DVM, President/Honoring...a history of achievement...a future of/commitment...and in appreciation of the friends of Post Office Square.

(On bronze plaque around bottom of central shaft:) Angell Memorial Plaza - reconstruction in 1957 of Post Office Square. Hon. Jon B. Hynes -- Mayor of Boston; Dr. Eric H. Hansez -- Pres. Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Pres. of American Humane Educational Society; George R. Hyland -- Public Works Commissioner; Shurcliff, Shurcliff & Merril -- Landscape Architects; Van Ness Bates Associates -- Planning Consultants.

(On bronze plaque around bottom of central shaft:) Erected in memory of Geo. Thorndike Angell by the school children of Boston by the City of Boston and by the Societies he founded, The MSCPA and the American Humane Educational Society.

(On bronze plaque around base of central shaft:) Angel Memorial Plaza Made possible by Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Phillips Street Fund established by Jonathan Phillips in 1860 to adorn and embellish the streets and public places in Boston. "However much the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has done for animals, it has vastly more for mankind through the reaction upon them of the spirit of justice and kindness shown to the creatures below them--Calvin Coolidge. unsigned

A terrazzo fountain with a tall central shaft topped by a gilded copper eagle. Around the bottom of the shaft are four lion's heads fountain spouts that once poured water for horses into small recessed bowls around the perimeter of the base.

Homage -- Angell, George Thorndike

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201

Located Post Office Square, Angell Memorial Plaza, Congress, Milk, & Pearl Streets, Boston, Massachusetts

The fountain commemorates George Thorndike Angell (1823-1909), founder of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the American Humane Educational Society. The school children of Boston collected money to help pay for the memorial. The memorial was renovated in 1957. The central column was once used as a flag pole for the Post Office.

IAS files contain a June 25, 1957 press release announcing the renovation of Angell Memorial Plaza; and articles from the Boston Sunday Globe, June 22, 1975, pg. E2 and The Boston Globe, July 22, 1991, pg. 42, 46.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.

Boston Sunday Globe, June 22, 1975, pg. E2.

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