Buckingham Fountain
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Buckingham Fountain is a monumental, rococo-style fountain in Chicago’s Grant Park, famed for its large water displays and role as an iconic city landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buckingham Fountain canonical | 11 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fountain
ⓘ
landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architect | Edward H. Bennett ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
ⓘ
Rococo architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Rococo Revival
|
| category |
Buildings and structures in Chicago
ⓘ
Fountains in Illinois ⓘ Tourist attractions in Chicago ⓘ |
| city |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
| coordinates | 41.8758°N 87.6189°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dedicatedTo | Clarence Buckingham ⓘ |
| designer | Edward H. Bennett ⓘ |
| donor | Kate S. Buckingham ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
opening credits of the television show Married... with Children
ⓘ
various films set in Chicago ⓘ |
| governingBody | Chicago Park District ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bas-relief sculptures
ⓘ
four sets of sea horse sculptures ⓘ large central jet ⓘ music-synchronized water displays ⓘ nighttime light show ⓘ |
| hasRestoration |
major restoration completed in 2009
ⓘ
major restoration in the 1990s ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Chicago Landmark ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | August 30, 2000 ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Latona Fountain
ⓘ
surface form:
Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles
|
| location |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Grant Park ⓘ Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| materialUsed |
Georgia pink marble
ⓘ
granite ⓘ |
| maximumWaterJetHeight | approximately 150 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Clarence Buckingham ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Chicago Loop
ⓘ
Lake Michigan shoreline ⓘ |
| openingDate | May 26, 1927 ⓘ |
| operator | Chicago Park District ⓘ |
| owner | Chicago Park District ⓘ |
| partOf | Grant Park ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| sculptor | Marcel F. Loyau ⓘ |
| seasonalOperation | spring to fall ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Lake Michigan
ⓘ
the four states bordering Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| usedAs | iconic symbol of Chicago ⓘ |
| waterVolume | approximately 1.5 million gallons ⓘ |
| winterStatus | fountain turned off and protected ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Downtown Chicago
subject surface form:
Kate Sturges Buckingham