Sea horses and shells: bronze; Pools: granite lined with concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri City Architects Office 4600 East 63rd Street Kansas City Missouri 64130
Located City Hall 414 East 12th Street South entrance Kansas City Missouri
Date:
Installed May 6, 1938
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987.
Piland, Sherry, and Ellen J. Uguccioni, "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," Kansas City: City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 199-201.
Image on file.
Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 11.
unsigned
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Summary:
Eight granite pools with bronze seahorses, dolphins, and shells. The pools terrace downward, four on each side of the south approach from City Hall to 12th Street. Each of the northernmost pools contain a winged seahorse flanked by smaller dolphins. Each of the remaining six pools have an upright concave bronze shell from which emerges the head of a dolphin.
