Day 258

Temperance Fountain

September 13th, 2012



Henry Cogswell, a wealthy dentist and anti-alcohol advocate, built this fountain (one of many he donated around the country in the late 19th century) in Tompkins Square Park in the belief that he could encourage people to forgo alcohol by providing them with a plentiful supply of clean drinking water to enjoy instead. Good luck with that!


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