Nationwide Fountain Explained

Nationwide Fountain
Artist:Jim Ponter and Don Olson
Medium:Stone and bronze
Subject:Animals
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates:39.9678°N -83.002°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Nationwide Fountain is a fountain designed by sculptor Jim Ponter and architect Don Olson in downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. It is located at Nationwide Plaza, a complex of buildings including One Nationwide Plaza, and within Dean Jeffers Park. The abstract fountain features stacked geometric blocks of stone and bronze sculptures of various animals, including a frog, lizard, and salmon.[1] [2]

The fountain was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1994.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nationwide Fountain, (sculpture). . . November 4, 2018 . November 5, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160502/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!324715~!0#focus . live .
  2. Web site: Nationwide Fountain . Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory . November 4, 2018.