Lotta's Fountain
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Lotta Crabtree Fountain
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| Location: | Market, Geary, and Kearny Sts., San Francisco, California |
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| Coordinates: | 37°47′17″N 122°24′13″W / 37.78806°N 122.40361°WCoordinates: 37°47′17″N 122°24′13″W / 37.78806°N 122.40361°W |
| Area: | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built: | 1875 |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 75000475[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 20, 1975 |
Lotta's fountain is an historical fountain, located at the intersection of Market Street, where Geary and Kearny Streets connect in downtown San Francisco, California.
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[edit] History
It was dedicated on September 9, 1875. [2]
The cast iron fountain served as a meeting point, during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire aftermath, and a metal panel on the side of the fountain indicates this. Another panel also mentions legendary opera soprano Luisa Tetrazzini, who sang for people at the fountain on Christmas Eve, 1910. The plaque was installed in 1911. The cast pillar was donated to San Francisco by the entertainer Lotta Crabtree, in 1916.
Commemorations of the earthquake, including a dwindling pool of survivors, are held every year at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 at the intersection. It was relocated in 1974.
In 1999, the fountain, which had suffered neglect in the past decades, was totally refurbished to its 1875 appearance. It is painted with a metallic gold-brown paint. The lion's head-motif fountain stations located on the sides of the column do not currently produce water.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Lotta's Fountain, (sculpture).". Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey. 1994. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!341770~!0#focus. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
[edit] Sources
- O'Brien, Robert This is San Francisco Chronicle Books 1994, reprint from 1948
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