Fountains in Portland, Oregon
Benson Bubblers
More than fifty drinking fountains called Benson Bubblers, named after Simon Benson and designed by A. E. Doyle, are located in and around downtown Portland.
Portland Parks & Recreation
Portland Parks & Recreation maintains 19 fountains throughout the city,[1] including one in North Portland (McCoy Fountain),[2] one in Northeast Portland (Holladay Park Fountain),[3] two in Northwest Portland (Jamison Square Fountain and Horse Trough Fountain),[4] and one in Southeast Portland (The Rose Petal).[5] The agency maintains 14 fountains in Southwest Portland: Animals in Pools, Bill Naito Legacy Fountain, "The Car Wash" (officially Untitled), Chimney Fountain, The Dreamer, Elk, Keller Fountain, Kelly Fountain, Lovejoy Fountain, Pioneer Courthouse Square Waterfall Fountain, Salmon Street Springs, Shemanski Fountain, Skidmore Fountain, and Teachers Fountain.[6] The Portland Water Bureau has published a two-hour, 2.6-mile self-guided tour featuring twelve fountains in Southwest Portland (with an optional extension to Jamison Square Fountain in Northwest Portland).[7]
| Title | Designer(s) | Year | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals in Pools | Georgia Gerber | 1986 | Georgia Gerber's Animals in Pools includes ten trough-style fountains. The fountains contain 25 bronze sculptures of animals found in the Pacific Northwest. The pieces were installed in 1986 as part of the Local Improvement District affiliated with TriMet's MAX Light Rail. |  |
| Bill Naito Legacy Fountain |  | |||
| "The Car Wash" (officially Untitled) |
Carter, Hull, Nishita, McCulley and Baxter | 1977 | _-_2.jpg) | |
| Chimney Fountain | ||||
| The Dreamer | Manuel Izquierdo | 1979 | ||
| Elk | Roland Hinton Perry | 1900 |  | |
| Holladay Park Fountain | Tim Clemen (Murase Associates) |
2000 | ||
| Horse Trough Fountain | ||||
| Jamison Square Fountain |  | |||
| Keller Fountain | Angela Danadjieba (Lawrence Halprin Associates) |
1971 |  | |
| Kelly Fountain | Lee Kelly | 1977 | ||
| Lovejoy Fountain | Lawrence Halprin Associates | 1968 |  | |
| McCoy Fountain | Murase Associates | 2000 | ||
| Pioneer Courthouse Square Waterfall Fountain | Will Martin | 1983 |  | |
| The Rose Petal | 1978 | |||
| Salmon Street Springs | Robert Perron Landscape Architects | 1988 |  | |
| Shemanski Fountain (Rebecca at the Well) |
Carl L. Linde Oliver Laurence Barrett |
1926 (1928) |
_-_2.jpg) | |
| Skidmore Fountain | Olin Levi Warner | 1888 |  | |
| Teachers Fountain |  | |||
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Fountains administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council include the Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain.
See also
- Charles Frederic Swigert Jr. Memorial Fountain (1983), Oregon Zoo
- Chiming Fountain (1891), Washington Park
- Fountain for Company H (1914), Plaza Blocks
- Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain (1941), Washington Park
References
- ↑ "Fountains in Parks". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Fountains in Parks: North Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Fountains in Parks: NE Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Fountains in Parks: NW Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Fountains in Parks: SE Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Fountains in Parks: SW Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Portland's Municipal Fountains: A Self-Guided Tour". Portland Water Bureau. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
External links
Media related to Fountains in Portland, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons