Lytle Park - McLean Memorial Fountain   Save
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Description: Caption reads "McLean Memorial Fountain. In front of Cincinnati Women's Club, Lytle Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. Jan. 8, 1941". The statue bears a portrait of Washington Mclean and reads "Erected in memory of Washington Mclean by his son John R. Mclean 1908". The McLean Memorial Fountain was erected in 1908 by John Roll McLean to honor his parents, Washington and Mary McLean. Washington McLean was the owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper and a prominent member of the Democratic Party. The bronze fountain is in Lytle Park in Cincinnati,t and marks the site as his father's home and birthplace. The fountain was originally built with with a large concrete ice box in the ground underneath, in order to supply ice cold water to it's patrons. Lytle Park is 2.3 acres and bounded by Fourth Street and Lawrence Street in downtown Cincinnati. It is the original site of the home of General William Henry Lytle, the first Surveyor General of the State of Ohio. A 15 foot bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft stands in the park, which initially caused a storm of critical controversy with its realism. Concerts are often given at the Michael Mullen memorial bandstand. Mullen was a popular former councilman and civic leader. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_007_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Fountains Ohio; McLean, John R. (John Roll), 1848-1916
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)