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The '''Old Town Pump Memorial''' was unveiled on July 1, 1976 and sits in the middle of Town House Square, at the intersection of Essex and Washington Streets. The fountain with bronze sculptures on the side depicts Nathaniel Hawthorne at the pump, along with an inscription taken from his short story "A Rill from the Town Pump." Salem's old town pump figures prominently in the story. | The '''Old Town Pump Memorial''' was unveiled on July 1, 1976 and sits in the middle of Town House Square, at the intersection of Essex and Washington Streets. The fountain with bronze sculptures on the side depicts Nathaniel Hawthorne at the pump, along with an inscription taken from his short story "A Rill from the Town Pump." Salem's old town pump figures prominently in the story. | ||
The design was coordinated by Salem's Bicentennial Committee and cost $17,000. The base is a stone formation. | The design was coordinated by Salem's Bicentennial Committee and cost $17,000. The base is a stone formation. | ||
It sits on the site of the original Salem Spring. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 11:27, 5 October 2010
The Old Town Pump Memorial was unveiled on July 1, 1976 and sits in the middle of Town House Square, at the intersection of Essex and Washington Streets. The fountain with bronze sculptures on the side depicts Nathaniel Hawthorne at the pump, along with an inscription taken from his short story "A Rill from the Town Pump." Salem's old town pump figures prominently in the story. The design was coordinated by Salem's Bicentennial Committee and cost $17,000. The base is a stone formation. It sits on the site of the original Salem Spring.
See Also
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Fountains--Essex St.
- Old Town Pump Fountain Smithsonian Institute Website
- "Hawthorne sculpture stirs fountain flak" Salem Evening News, July 2, 1976, p.10
- Salem: Place, Myth and Memory edited by Dane A. Morrison, p. 179.
- "More than three coins in this fountain" Salem Evening News, May 6, 1993, p.1
