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William T. Fitzsimons Memorial Fountain
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Kansas City, MO
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| AKA: World War I Memorial Fountain |
| Description: Kansas City's claim as the City of Fountains is documented not so much in its numbers and long commitment to this art format, but in its use of many styles and forms. The William Fitzsimons Memorial Fountain, dedicated in 1922, is a good example. This is a wall fountain located on the end of a terrace at 12th Street and Paseo. The reality of World War I was brought home to Kansas City with the announcement of the death of a Kansas City doctor, William Fitzimons, the first American officer to lose his life in that war.
There are two memorials to William T. Fitzsimons. One is at 12th Street and the Paseo and the other is at 47th Street and the Paseo. |
| Type: Fountain |
Address:
East 12th Street & The Paseo
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| Date erected: 1922 |
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