Welsh Memorial Fountain
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: John Welsh Memorial Fountain
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
#F12-12 (Fairmount Park): ID: 553: John Walsh Memorial Fountain, n.d.
Item — Shelf BR-5.2
Identifier: 553
Dates:
undated
Frederick W. G. Peck, Landscape Architect. Landscaping in the vicinity of John Welsh Fountain, 1967 November
Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 9.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1967 November
John Welsh Memorial Fountain. Welsh Fountain Garden - Concept Design Draft Package: cover sheet; table of contents; historic plan; fountain treatment; site plan; program; circulation and access; stormwater; furniture and fixtures; lighting; parking; site plan - demo; street section, 2023 August 9
Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 9.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
2023 August 9
John Welsh Memorial Fountain. Welsh Fountain Garden: interpretive & signage plan - park entrance sign schematic design; topographic and utility survey (VT-100); topographic and utility survey (VT-101); soil testing location plan (EX-01); interpretive & signage plan - plan for interpretive signage; interpretive & signage plan - individual park signs as per PPR signage manual; interpretive & signage plan - plan for interpretive signage; interpretive & signage plan - park signage plan; interpretive & signage plan - individual park signs as per PPR signage manual; interpretive & signage plan - individual park signs as per PPR signage manual; landscaping cover sheet (L0.00); materials plan (L1.00); NW circle enlargement (L1.10); NE circle enlargement (L1.20); SE circle enlargement (L1.30); SW circle enlargement (L1.40); tree planting plan (L5.00); planting plan (L5.10); furniture and fixtures plan (L5.50); fountain - historic (L6.00); site plan (C-1.00); vehicle turning movement plan (C-2.00); grading and drainage plan (C-3.00); tree disconnection figure (C-3.01); utility plan (C-5.00); MEP new work (MEP-1); MEP enlarged plan (MEP-2); lighting plans & lighting fixture schedule (LP-100); historic fountain foundation plan/section (S-1.00); foundation details (S-5.00); historic fountain plan (WP-1.00); fountain waterproofing (WP-5.00); historical & play fountain notes plan (F1.0); historical & play fountain electrical plan (F2.0); historical & play fountain plumbing plan (F3.0); historical & play fountain section plan (F4.0); historical & play fountain vault plan (F5.0); historical & play fountain vault notes plan (F6.0); interpretive & signage plan - park signage plan as per PPR signage manual; interpretive & signage plan - plan of zones for surface or art-based interpretive elements, 2024 June 11
Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 9.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
2024 June 11
John Welsh Memorial Fountain. Welsh Fountain Garden - Research and discovery summary package: cover sheet; outline; site context - West Fairmount Park and Parkside; scope boundary; project purpose; indigenous land and lifeways; historical overview of the site and park (1); historical overview of the site and park (2); historical overview of the site and park (3); historical overview of the site and park (4); site program over time - 1778; site program over time - 1869; site program over time - 1876 (1); site program over time - 1876 (2); site program over time - 1876 (3); site program over time - 1910; site program over time - 1938; site program over time - 1980; site program over time - 1995; fountain as memorial (1); fountain as memorial (2); fountain as memorial (3); current condition; stormwater overview; culture and recreation; ecology and geology (1); ecology and geology (2); current state; environmental determinants of health; summary of known adjacent projects; initial community engagement, 2023 July 31
Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 9.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
2023 July 31
Landscaping in the vicinity of Welsh Memorial Fountain, 1914 April
Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 9.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1914 April
The John Welsh Memorial, terrace and approaches [2 copies], n.d.
Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 9.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
undated
Welsh Memorial Fountain, c. 1950, 1989
File — Drawer 7.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
c. 1950; 1989
Welsh Memorial Fountain, 1886-2024
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Joseph Patterson and John Wanamaker on behalf of the Committee of Contributors to the John Welsh Memorial Fund proposing improvements to the concourse on the Centennial Grounds to be named the John Welsh Concourse (1886), a letter from Patterson reporting that work is nearly complete and awaiting the arrival of a fountain component (1887), and a copy of 'The Proceedings at the Dedication of the John Welsh Memorial, 23rd June 1887.' Also includes reproductions of...
Dates:
1886-2024