| Mickelson-Chapman Fountain | |
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 The statue in front of the library in 2016 | |
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| Location | Ashland, Oregon, U.S. |
| 42°11′40″N122°42′36″W / 42.194382°N 122.710061°W Coordinates: 42°11′40″N122°42′36″W / 42.194382°N 122.710061°W | |
The Mickelson-Chapman Fountain is a monument and sculpture installed in front of Ashland, Oregon's Carnegie Library, in the United States. [1] [2]
Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley. The city's population was 21,360 at the 2020 census.
Southern Oregon University (SOU) is a public university in Ashland, Oregon. It was founded in 1872 as the Ashland Academy, has been in its current location since 1926, and was known by nine other names before assuming its current name in 1997. Its Ashland campus – just 14 miles from Oregon's border with California – encompasses 175 acres. Five of SOU's newest facilities have achieved LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. SOU is headquarters for Jefferson Public Radio and public access station Rogue Valley Community Television. The university has been governed since 2015 by the SOU Board of Trustees.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1935 by Angus L. Bowmer. The Festival now offers matinee and evening performances of a wide range of classic and contemporary plays not limited to Shakespeare. During the Festival, between five and eleven plays are offered in daily rotation six days a week in its three theatres. It welcomed its millionth visitor in 1971, its 10-millionth in 2001, and its 20-millionth visitor in 2015. At any given time between five and eleven plays are offered in daily rotation six days a week in its three theatres.
Ashland High School (AHS) is a public high school in Ashland, Oregon, United States, near the Southern Oregon University campus.
William Williams Chapman was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin territories, and then represented the Iowa Territory in the United States House of Representatives. He later immigrated to the Oregon Country, where he served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature.
Calvin Marshall is a 2009 coming of age-comedy film written and directed by Gary Lundgren and starring Alex Frost as the title character, a determined but talentless college baseball player, and Steve Zahn as his coach. After two years of raising funds, the film was shot in and around Ashland and Medford, Oregon in November–December 2007, and was released in 2009.
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.
Carter Memorial Fountain is a fountain in Ashland, Oregon, United States. It features Pioneer Mike, a statue by Allen George Newman. The fountain and statue are part of the Ashland Downtown Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Butler-Perozzi Fountain is a fountain in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The fountain was displayed at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition (1915), then purchased and gifted to the City of Ashland by Gwin S. Butler and Domingo Perozzi.
The Lithia Fountain is a fountain in Ashland, Oregon, United States, installed in 1927. Health benefits of water from the fountain, and the city's others, have been debated.
The Ashland Downtown Historic District in Ashland, Oregon is a 32.2 acres (13.0 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The district is roughly bounded by Lithia Way and C Street, Church, Lithia Park and Hargadine and Gresham Streets.
Calle Guanajuato is a park in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
Smithfields refers to two related businesses in Ashland, Oregon, United States: Smithfields Restaurant and Bar and Smithfields Pub and Pies.
Street Scene is a bas-relief sculpture by Marion L. Young installed outside the Chamber of Commerce in Ashland, Oregon, United States. It depicts more than a dozen Shakespearean characters. The artwork was funded by the city's 1988 Downtown Plan, which recommended the installation of fountains and public art in select Ashland locations. Pat Corrigan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch described the sculpture as "compelling".
A 1915 marble statue of Abraham Lincoln by Antonio Frilli is installed in Ashland, Oregon's Lithia Park, in the United States. The statue was gifted to the city by Gwin S. Butler, who dedicated the artwork as a memorial to his stepfather, pioneer Jacob Thompson, in 1916.
Grizzly Peak Winery is a winery near Grizzly Peak in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
Matta is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Piazza Italia is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States.
