COGSWELL Temperance Fountain north, across the street from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. by Henry D Cogswell located in James M. Goode's Pennsylvania Avenue area

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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. This fountain was one of a series of fountains he designed and commissioned in a belief that easy access to cool drinking water would keep people from consuming alcoholic beverages. Source: Wikipedia

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With Stephenson's Grand Army of the Republic Memorialto the right

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 448 Item #10.04; Pennsylvania Avenue area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p358 Item #J-1)
Medium: Bronze, Granite
Artist: Henry D Cogswell
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology; Philanthropists
Location: Pennsylvania Ave. & 7th St NW Washington, D.C.
See Pennsylvania Avenue areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial - Penn Quarter(Yellow - Green) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000219 (dcMem ID #570 )

Links & other sources
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (111)
Empire Contact (blogger)
I think incorrectly labeled here as "Friendship Monument" Wikipedia article on Cogswell
Wikipedia article on the Temperance Fountain
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures on Temperance fountain

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