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Prefontaine Fountain, Seattle, WA

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Prefontaine Fountain

A small Seattle park built around a fountain, located across the street from City Hall Park.

425 3rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 · Seattle, WA

About Prefontaine Fountain

Prefontaine Place is a small park in Seattle's Pioneer Square area that centers on a fountain. It sits across the street from City Hall Park. The land began as Yesler Triangle, which was deeded to the city for a library, but the library board found it too small and returned it in 1912. In 1925 the city built a small park using $5,000 left by Father Prefontaine, founder of the first Catholic church in the area, for a fountain in a public square. The fountain was designed by Carl Frelinghuysen Gould.

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