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Lafayette Fountain is an 1887 fountain by sculptor Lorado Taft, located on the grounds of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Lafayette, Indiana. The fountain is composed of a number of tiered bowls with a marble statue of the Marquis de LaFayette on top. He holds a sword next to his heart in his right hand and has a cape draped over his left arm. ==History== Taft wrote about this early commission (perhaps his first) of his that: The fountain cost $2,200. The Inscription reads: (On eight panels on pedestal, raised letters:) (panel 1:) In HONOR OF GENERAL MARIE JEAN PAUL ROCH YVES GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE BORN IN AUVERGNE FRANCE 1757 FOUGHT WITH WASHINGTON FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1776 TO 1782 DIED 1834 (panel 2:) ARTESIAN WELL CONSTRUCTED BY TIPPECANOE COUNTY COMMENCED APRIL 22, 1857 COMPLETED FEBRUARY 18, 1858 DEPTH 230 FEET. (panel 3:) IN MEMORY OF JOHN PURDUE WHOSE MUNIFICENCE GAVE NAME TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY BORN 1801 DIED 1876. (panel 4:) IN HONOR OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF THE COUNTY AND CITY. (panel 5:) TIPPECANOE COUNTY COURTHOUSES FIRST ERECTED 1829 SECOND ERECTED 1845. THIRD ERECTED 1881. (panel 6:) IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT SOLDIERS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY WHO FOUGHT FOR THE UNION. (panel 7:) IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM DIGBY FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE MAY 27, 1825. BORN 1802 DIED 1864. (panel 8:) ERECTED BY THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE 1887.〔("Marquis de Lafayette, (sculpture)" ). ''SIRIS''〕 Water for the fountain was originally supplied by a 230 foot deep well located beneath it that was installed in 1857 and whose waters were believed to have curative properties. The well was capped in 1936, and the fountain's water now comes from elsewhere. 〔Taylor, Stevens, Ponder Brockman, ''Indiana: A New Historical Guide'', Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1989, p. 489 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LaFayette Fountain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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