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The fountain, by Alexander Stirling Calder designed with architect Wilson Eyre, memorializes Wilson Cary Swann, founder of the Philadelphia Fountain Society.The Society had been planning a memorial fountain in honor of its late president and founder.
The earliest and most prolific fountain-building organization was the Philadelphia Fountain Society, headed by medical doctor and art collector Wilson Cary Swann (1806–1876) and formally incorporated on April 21, 1869, [18] with the stated mission of developing water fountains and water troughs for Philadelphia.
Wilson Cary Swann (1806 – March 21, 1876) was an American physician, philanthropist, and social reformer. Born in present-day Alexandria, Virginia , he moved to Philadelphia in 1847, and spent the rest of his life there.
Two years later, forty three fountains were managed by the society. Swann handled a large portion of the society's work, and by 1874 it had erected 73 fountains." very choppy, could be blended together with an eye for flow. For instance, why does "Swann handled a large portion of the society's work" come so late in the paragraph. Stuff like that
Here’s your guide to the new Downtown Cary Park and Sunday’s opening day celebration. ... 6 to 11 p.m. — Fountain Light & Music Show. 8:45 p.m. — Last Shuttle Departs the Park.
Among the sites in its immediate vicinity are the Swann Memorial Fountain at the center of the circle, Parkway Central Library, the former Philadelphia Family Court Building, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, Moore College of Art and Design, the Roman Catholic Cathedral-Basilica of Sts.
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Fountains built in the United States between 1900 and 1950 mostly followed European models and classical styles. For example: The handsome Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain (aka Dupont Circle Fountain), in Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., was designed and created by Henry Bacon and Daniel Chester French, the architect and sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial, in 1921, in a pure neoclassical ...