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.
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 maintains 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] Fountains in Southwest Portland maintained by the agency include: Animals in Pools , Chiming Fountain , The Dreamer , Keller Fountain, Lovejoy Fountain , Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain , Salmon Street Springs, Shemanski Fountain , Skidmore Fountain , and Thompson Elk 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 |  | |
| Chiming Fountain | John "Hans" Staehli | 1891 |  | |
| Chimney Fountain | ||||
| The Dreamer | Manuel Izquierdo | 1979 | ||
| Fountain to a Rose | 1973 | A bronze fountain in the shape of a rose surrounded by 250 rose bushes and other plants. [8] | ||
| 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 |  | |
| Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain | A. E. Doyle & Associates | 1941 |  | |
| McCoy Fountain | Murase Associates | 2000 | ||
| Pioneer Courthouse Square Waterfall Fountain | Will Martin | 1983 |  | |
| Pioneer Woman | Frederic Littman | 1956 | It depicts a standing female figure with her hair flying behind her, holding a baby in her outstretched arms. | |
| 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) |  | |
| Skidmore Fountain | Olin Levi Warner | 1888 |  | |
| Teachers Fountain |  | |||
| Thompson Elk Fountain | Roland Hinton Perry | 1900 |  | |
The following statues are owned or maintained by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
| Title | Designer(s) | Year | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain for Company H (Second Oregon Company Volunteers) | John H. Beaver | 1914 | Dedicated to the men of Company H of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment killed in service during the Spanish–American War. It features a drinking fountain within a clamshell-shaped canopy and measures approximately 89 x 63 x 31 in. [9] |  |
| Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain | Lee KellyJames Howell | 1975 | The Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain is an abstract stainless steel fountain with a path through the middle. It was built to honor Frank E. Beach who christened Portland the "City of Roses" and proposed the Rose Festival. [10] |  |
| Title | Owner | Designer(s) | Year | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Frederic Swigert Jr. Memorial Fountain | Metro/Oregon Zoo | Richard Beyer | 1983 | The figure group, installed at the Oregon Zoo, depicts a man talking to a standing female child and several animals, including an ape, lion, monkey, two wolves and a wolf cub. The man is shown with a monkey behind him and a lion and wolf cub at his feet. [11] | |
| Essential Forces | Portland Trail Blazers | 1995 | Two stone pillars. The pillars used to shoot out fire. [12] |  | |
| Horse Trough Fountain | Portland Water Bureau |
Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park is a 36.59-acre (148,100 m2) park located in downtown Portland, Oregon, along the Willamette River. After the 1974 removal of Harbor Drive, a major milestone in the freeway removal movement, the park was opened to the public in 1978. The park covers 13 tax lots and is owned by the City of Portland. The park was renamed in 1984 to honor Tom McCall, the Oregon governor who pledged his support for the beautification of the west bank of the Willamette River—harkening back to the City Beautiful plans at the turn of the century which envisioned parks and greenways along the river. The park is bordered by RiverPlace to the south, the Steel Bridge to the north, Naito Parkway to the west, and Willamette River to the east. In October 2012, Waterfront Park was voted one of America's ten greatest public spaces by the American Planning Association.
The Simon Benson House is a 19th-century house located in downtown Portland, Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Shemanski Fountain, also known as Rebecca at the Well, is an outdoor fountain with a bronze sculpture, located in the South Park Blocks of downtown Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The sandstone fountain was designed in 1925, completed in 1926, and named after Joseph Shemanski, a Polish immigrant and businessman who gave it to the city. Carl L. Linde designed the trefoil, which features a statue designed by Oliver L. Barrett. The sculpture, which was added to the fountain in 1928, depicts the biblical personage Rebecca. Shemanski Fountain includes two drinking platforms with three basins each, with one platform intended for use by dogs.
The Quest, sometimes referred to as Saturday Night at the Y or Three Groins in a Fountain, is an outdoor marble sculpture and fountain designed by Count Alexander von Svoboda, located in Portland, Oregon in the United States. The sculpture, carved in Italy from a single 200-ton block of white Pentelic marble quarried in Greece, was commissioned by Georgia-Pacific in 1967 and installed in front of the Standard Insurance Center in 1970. It depicts five nude figures, including three females, one male and one child. According to the artist, the subjects represent man's eternal search for brotherhood and enlightenment.
Thompson Elk Fountain, also known as the David P. Thompson Fountain, David P. Thompson Monument, Elk Fountain, the Thompson Elk, or simply Elk, is a historic fountain and bronze sculpture by American artist Roland Hinton Perry. The fountain with its statue was donated to the city of Portland, Oregon, United States, in 1900 for display in Downtown Portland's Plaza Blocks. It is owned by the City of Portland.
Fountain for Company H, also known as Second Oregon Company Volunteers, is a 1914 fountain and war memorial designed by John H. Beaver, installed in Portland, Oregon's Plaza Blocks, in the United States. Dedicated to the men of Company H of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment killed in service during the Spanish–American War, the limestone and bronze memorial was installed in Lownsdale Square in 1914. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council. The memorial has been included in published walking tours of Portland.
Pioneer Woman, also known as Joy, Joy (Pioneer Woman), the Laberee Memorial Fountain, Mother/Child and Young Pioneer Woman, is an outdoor 1956 bronze sculpture and drinking fountain by American artist Frederic Littman, located at Council Crest Park in Portland, Oregon.
Running Horses is an outdoor 1986 bronze sculpture by Tom Hardy, located on the Transit Mall in downtown Portland, Oregon. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
Peace Chant is an outdoor 1984 granite memorial sculpture by Steve Gillman, located at Southwest Park Avenue and Southwest Columbia Street in the South Park Blocks of Portland, Oregon.
In the Shadow of the Elm is an outdoor 1984 sculpture by Paul Sutinen, located at the South Park Blocks in Portland, Oregon.
The Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain, officially titled Water Sculpture, is an abstract 1975 stainless steel fountain and sculpture by artist Lee Kelly and architect James Howell, installed in Washington Park's International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon. The memorial commemorates Frank E. Beach, who christened Portland the "City of Roses" and proposed the Rose Festival. It was commissioned by the Beach family and cost approximately $15,000. Previously administered by the Metropolitan Arts Commission, the work is now part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
The Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain, also known as the Judge Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain, is an outdoor 1941 drinking fountain and sculpture by the design firm A. E. Doyle and Associates, located in Portland, Oregon. It was erected in Washington Park in honor of the former Oregon judge Loyal B. Stearns.
The Chiming Fountain, also known as Cupid's Fountain, the John Staehli Fountain, Portland's City Park Fountain and Washington Park Fountain, is an outdoor cast iron fountain and sculpture built in 1891 by John "Hans" Staehli. It is installed in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, United States. The fountain's name derives from the sound made when water drips from the upper basin. Staehli designed the fountain to serve as a watering trough for horses pulling carriages into the park. Based on a Renaissance fountain, it was originally painted white and included a statuette of a boy, possibly depicting Cupid, though the figure was damaged and permanently removed from the sculpture before or during the 1940s.
A bronze sculpture of American pioneer, newspaper editor and historian Harvey W. Scott (1838–1910) by Gutzon Borglum, sometimes called Harvey Scott or Harvey W. Scott, was installed on Mount Tabor in Portland, Oregon, United States, until being toppled in October 2020.
Farewell to Orpheus is an outdoor 1968–1973 bronze sculpture and fountain by Frederic Littman, installed at the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Holladay Park is a public park in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. The 4.34-acre park, located at Northeast 11th Avenue and Holladay Street, was acquired in 1870. Its features include a fountain, paved paths, picnic tables, and public art.
Dog Bowl is a 2002 outdoor sculpture by dog photographer William Wegman, located in the North Park Blocks in Portland, Oregon, United States.
The Dreamer, or simply Dreamer, is an outdoor 1979 muntz bronze sculpture and fountain of a reclining woman by Manuel Izquierdo, installed at Pettygrove Park in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work.
Untitled is an outdoor 1952 fountain and sculpture by Tom Hardy, installed at the Park Blocks in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
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