Temperance Fountain (Washington, D.C.)
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The Temperance Fountain is a fountain and statue located in Washington, D.C., donated to the city in 1882 by Henry D. Cogswell, a dentist from San Francisco, California, who was a crusader in the temperance movement.[2] This fountain was one of a series of temperance fountains he designed and commissioned in a belief that easy access to cool drinking water would keep people from consuming alcoholic beverages.[3]
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Temperance Fountain | |
Location | 7th Street & Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°53′37.6″N 77°1′18″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1884 (1884) |
Architect | Henry D. Cogswell |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
MPS | Memorials in Washington, D.C. |
NRHP reference No. | 07001061[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 12, 2007 |
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