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Buckingham Memorial Fountain

Edward Herbert Bennett (American architect, 1874-1954)
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/132854
Date
1927
Description
Close view of water reeds; Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. The fountain, which was designed by Edward H. Bennett with sculptures by Marcel Francois Loyau and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles, was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham. During a water display that runs for 20 minutes every hour on the hour, the center jet shoots up to 150 feet in the air. At dusk, a light and music show coincides with the water display. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 2/8/2008)
Type of Work
fountain
Subject
allegorical, animals, Fountains, Beaux-Arts, Baroque Revival
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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