Charlotte Allen Fountain Explained

Charlotte Allen Fountain
Artist:Unknown
Medium:Limestone
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Houston, Texas, U.S.
Coordinates:29.7386°N -95.3707°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

The Charlotte Allen Fountain is a 1912 limestone fountain by an unknown artist, installed in Elizabeth Baldwin Park, Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas. The fountain commemorates Charlotte Baldwin Allen, the wife of the city's founder, Augustus Chapman Allen. According to the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, the fountain once had a centerpiece, and "there are no records of its purchase or installation".[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charlotte Allen Fountain . Houston Parks and Recreation Department . January 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022163828/http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/artinparks/charlotteallenfountain.html. October 22, 2013.