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Title	Battell Fountain, Norfolk.
Place	Norfolk (Conn.)
Topic	Fountains Memorials
Theme	Lifestyle
Description	Granite fountain with a bench and column with two bronze lamps. Three fish on a globe atop the column and a lion's head on the column spout water into a basin. Inscribed in stone: "Erected A.D. MDCCCLXXXIX." In the background, a dirt road is lined with trees including elms. Trees at the left appear to be hemlocks. Frame houses are at the right. The frame building with the square tower at the far right was built in 1840 as the Norfolk Academy and later used as the town hall and jail.<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. <br>Battell Fountain was erected in 1889 by Mary Eldridge in memory of her uncle, Joseph Battell (1806-1874). It was designed by Stanford White of New York. <br>
Date created	[189-?]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 12 x 19 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.35.154<br>File name 2819 img0030.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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