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J C Nichols Memorial Fountain
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Kansas City, MO
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| Description: This fountain is the best-known and most-photographed of all of the city's fountains. It is located at the east entrance to the popular Plaza district. The sculptures were created in the early 1900's and adorned the Mansion of Clarence Mackay in Long Island, NY. The fountain was transported to Kansas City, refurbished and dedicated in 1960.
The J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain has four equestrian fugues which are said to represent four rivers: the Mississippi River (the one with the Indian riding the horse and beating off an alligator), the Volga River (with the bear), the Seine and the Rhine.
Children in the Kansas City area contributed more than $50,000 to the J. C. Nichols Fountain on the Plaza, the most prominent and most photographed fountain in Kansas City. |
| Type: Fountain |
Address:
West 47th Street, between J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street
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| Date erected: 1960 |
| Kansas City's best-known fountain was dedicated in 1960 to the memory of J. C. Nichols, the developer of the Country Club Plaza. |
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