| Bimbo Fountain | |
| Mrs. Mary Reeves
Foulke, daughter of Caroline
Reeves and wife of William Dudley
Foulke, erected this fountain in 1912
in memory of her family's dog, Bimbo, who had died the previous year of
rabies. Water bubbled from the top of the fountain for children
and from the bottom for neighborhood dogs. It was originally
intended as a means to prevent rabies, because common knowledge at that
time held that "lack of water brings on the disease." (Palladium,
30 Dec 1912)
The family had the bronze fountain made in Italy, and it includes a bas-relief of Bimbo. It was located on the north side of the old building in front of the bay window and now resides on the south end of the Historic Courtyard. |
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