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Bagley Memorial Fountain
| Bagley Memorial Fountain | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Bagley Memorial Fountain at its new location on Cadillac Square facing Campus Martius. | |
| Location: | Detroit, Michigan  United States |
| Coordinates: | 42°19′55″N 83°2′48″W / 42.33194°N 83.04667°WCoordinates: 42°19′55″N 83°2′48″W / 42.33194°N 83.04667°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1885 |
| Architect: | H. H. Richardson |
| Architectural style(s): | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | Local |
| Added to NRHP: | November 05, 1971 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 71000422[1] |
The Bagley Memorial Fountain is a historic fountain in Detroit. It has recently been moved from its long-time location in Campus Martius Park to a new location in just down the street in Cadillac Square Park. The fountain was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
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John J. Bagley
John J. Bagley was the 16th governor of Michigan, serving from 1873 to 1877.[2] Bagley also served as a Detroit Alderman from 1860-61 and as Police Commissioner from 1865-72. He was instrumental in the creation of the Detroit Metropolitan Police Commission and the construction of the first Detroit House of Correction.[2] When Bagley died in 1881, his will contained $5,000 for the construction of a drinking fountain for the people of Detroit, having "water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."[2]
Fountain
In 1885, the Bagley family chose Henry Hobson Richardson to design the fountain.[3] In 1887, the Bagley Memorial Fountain was dedicated at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Fort Street. Richardson constructed the fountain entirely out of pink Bragville granite, modeled after a ciborium located in St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice.[2] The Bagley Memorial Fountain stands 21 feet high with a basin 7 feet across. At the center of the fountain, four lion heads distribute water. In the original design, two of the heads produced "normal" temperature water and the other two produced cold water, chilled by ice packed around the fountain pipes.[2] The inscription on the four sides of the cornice reads: TESTAMENTARY GIFT | FOR THE PEOPLE FROM | JOHN JVDSON BAGLEY | A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII.
Later moves
In 1926 the fountain was moved from its original home at Woodward and Fort to Campus Martius because of the increase of automobile traffic.[2] In 2000, the fountain was removed from it site, disassembled, and put into storage.[4] In 2007, the fountain was installed in its current location in Cadillac Square; a new lion fountainhead replaced the original, which was stolen.[4] It is the only remaining work by Richardson in the Detroit area.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Bagley Memorial Fountain from the city of Detroit
- ↑ Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, H.H. Richardson, Complete Architectural Works, MIT Press, 1982, ISBN 0262650150, p. 400.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bagley Fountain Makes a Comeback," In the Flow, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, V7 n1 (Winter 2007)
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