Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Creator
- Warner, Olin Levi, 1844-1896 Wells, J. M.
- Photographer
- Davis, C. Gilman (Charles Gilman), 1918-1979
- Creator Display
- Olin Levi Warner (artist, 1848-1896) J. M. Wells (architect)
- Description
- This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
- View
- general view
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1880-1889
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views landscape architecture hydraulic structures water distribution structures fountains public sculpture outdoor sculpture sculpture (visual work)
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- Southwest 1st Avenue and Southwest Ankeny Street
- Date
- 1888
- Identifier
- pna_13590
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- Gift of C. Gilman Davis
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- Purdy, Ruby Fay. The Rose City of the World, Portland, Oregon (Binford & Morts, 1947)
- Note
- The cost of the sculpture was $18,000 and a New York sculptor, Olin Warner, was commissioned to design it. Mr. Warner came to Portland for the sculpture's dedication on September 22, 1888. Olin Levi Warner was born in Massachusetts in1848. In the 1880 United States Census, he is listed as a single male, age 32, sculptor, living in the Benedick building, East Washington Square, New York City. The 1876 New York City Directory lists Olin L. Warner, sculptor, at 44 W. 80th, New York City. The 1877 directory lists him at 765 Broadway. The 1889-90 directory lists him as living at 192 West 10th with business as 80 Washington Square. According to the database, New York City Deaths, 1892-1902 (Provo, UT), Warner died on August 14, 1886.
