| Russell Alger Memorial Fountain | |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Type: | Fountain Statue |
| Location: | Grand Circus Park Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Designer: | Daniel Chester French (sculptor) Henry Bacon (architect) |
| Dedicated To: | Russell A. Alger |
| Dedicated: | July 27, 1921 |
| Material: | Bronze |
Russell Alger Memorial Fountain is a Detroit, Michigan fountain, one of the "most successful collaborations" created by the sculptor, Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon. The bronze statue was cast by the Gorham Manufacturing Company.[1] It is located in Grand Circus Park and was dedicated on July 27, 1921.
The Beaux-Arts styled bronze monument consists of a "spirited"[2] female personification of "Michigan" with one hand raised in greeting while the other holds a sword and shield. The crest of the state of Michigan is on the shield in shallow relief. There is a bas relief portrait of Alger on the granite base. Lion heads on the base serve as founts to pour water into the surrounding bowl.
Russell Alger (1836–1907) was a Civil War veteran (he enlisted as a private and ended the war as a general), politician (Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator from Michigan, and U.S. Secretary of War), and a very successful businessman. Following Alger's death a "memorial society" of Civil War veterans convened and commissioned the work.[3]