Administered by Town of Lee Department of Public Works Main Street Lee Massachusetts 01238
Located Town Park Main Street Lee Massachusetts
Date:
Dedicated Nov. 1899
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
(On front:) 1899 (On back:) THIS FOUNTAIN WAS BEGUN BY/THE LOYAL TEMPERANCE LEGION/UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF/AMELIA JEANNETTE KILBON AND/WAS COMPLETED BY OTHER FRIENDS/AS A TRIBUTE TO HER MEMORY/1870 1897 unsigned
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Summary:
A rectangular drinking fountain is adorned on the front with a low, semicircular basin and fish fountain spout, from whose nostrils water bubbles out for people to drink. On the back, a Native American head fountain spout pours water into a deep rectangular basin for watering teams of horses. The Native American is Chief Konkapot, a Mahican Indian who sold settlers the land on which the town of Lee was founded.
