Temperance Fountain

7th St. & Indiana Ave. NW, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 12, 2007. NRIS 07001061.

Part of Memorials in Washington, D.C. (NRIS 64500992).

1 contributing object.

Also known as:

• Cogswell Fountain

From Wikipedia:

Temperance Fountain (Washington, D.C.)

The Temperance Fountain is a fountain and statue located in Washington, D.C., donated to the city in 1882 by Henry D. Cogswell, a dentist from San Francisco, California, who was a crusader in the temperance movement. This fountain was one of a series of temperance fountains he designed and commissioned in a belief that easy access to cool drinking water would keep people from consuming alcoholic beverages.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691742