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The Swann Memorial Fountain (also known as the Fountain of the Three Rivers) is an art deco fountain sculpture located in the center of Logan Circle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 1 ]
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.
Swann died on March 21, 1876. [7] The Swann Memorial Fountain. In 1924, the Philadelphia Fountain Society built the Swann Memorial Fountain in honor of Dr. Swann. The fountain was designed by sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder and architect Wilson Eyre. The fountain is located in Logan Circle, at the midpoint of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
The tradition of jumping into the fountain at Logan Circle started in the 1970s and continued every year on the last day of the school year. The newly appointed Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores jumped into the Swann Memorial Fountain and attract the local media in Philadelphia. [2]
Swann Memorial Fountain Schuylkill Girl Logan Circle: 1924: Alexander Stirling Calder: Bronze sculpture, granite base: City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission [66] Swann Memorial Fountain Wissahickon Girl Logan Circle
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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.
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