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White Marble Fountain
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October 18, 2014 WHITE MARBLE FOUNTAIN AND LAURA WHEELER This is a white marble fountain commissioned by Laura Wheeler (March 19, 1858-October 2, 1943). Beginning in 1883 Laura Wheeler lived with her sister Emily Wheeler in the house known as Nequitamauk on Home Lot 23 on South Main Street in Sharon. In 1907 Laura Wheeler inherited and moved into the brick house adjacent to and just south of Nequitamauk on Home Lot 22. Laura Wheeler commissioned the fountain probably in the early part of the 20th century. She was an avid animal lover and installed it in front of her house near the road so that passing horses and dogs would have drinking water. She inscribed the edge of the basin “In Memory of Tag” who was one of her beloved English cocker spaniels. In addition to the inscription, the outside edge is carved with vines, leaves and flowers. The basin of the fountain measures 54 inches in diameter and together with its base is 21 inches high. In 1886 Laura Wheeler and her sister Emily Wheeler completed the Sharon clock tower which they had built in honor of their mother, Emily Butler Ogden Wheeler. Today, the clock tower is a Sharon landmark. Laura Wheeler was a member of the Sharon Historical Society and served as its first president in 1911. For Christ Church, Sharon, she built the vestibule to the building and donated two colored stained glass windows. She funded charitable enterprises in Sharon including a trust fund for Christ Church, the Trained Nurse Fund, funds for maintaining the Sharon green, the Hotchkiss Library and others.
October 18, 2014, WHITE MARBLE FOUNTAIN AND LAURA WHEELER This is a white marble fountain commissioned by Laura Wheeler (March 19, 1858-October 2, 1943). Beginning in 1883, Laura Wheeler lived with her sister Emily Wheeler in the house known as Nequitamauk on Home Lot 23 on South Main Street in Sharon. In 1907 Laura Wheeler inherited and moved into the brick house adjacent to and just south of Nequitamauk on Home Lot 22. Laura Wheeler commissioned the fountain probably in the early part of the 20th century. She was an avid animal lover and installed it in front of her house near the road so that passing horses and dogs would have drinking water. She inscribed the edge of the basin “In Memory of Tag,” who was one of her beloved English cocker spaniels. In addition to the inscription, the outside edge is carved with vines, leaves and flowers. The basin of the fountain measures 54 inches in diameter and together with its base is 21 inches high. In 1886 Laura Wheeler and her sister Emily Wheeler completed the Sharon clock tower which they had built in honor of their mother, Emily Butler Ogden Wheeler. Today, the clock tower is a Sharon landmark. Laura Wheeler was a member of the Sharon Historical Society and served as its first president in 1911. For Christ Church, Sharon, she built the vestibule to the building and donated two colored stained glass windows. She funded charitable enterprises in Sharon including a trust fund for Christ Church, the Trained Nurse Fund, funds for maintaining the Sharon green, the Hotchkiss Library and others.
October 18, 2014, WHITE MARBLE FOUNTAIN AND LAURA WHEELER This is a white marble fountain commissioned by Laura Wheeler (March 19, 1858-October 2, 1943). Beginning in 1883, Laura Wheeler lived with her sister Emily Wheeler in the house known as Nequitamauk on Home Lot 23 on South Main Street in Sharon. In 1907 Laura Wheeler inherited and moved into the brick house adjacent to and just south of Nequitamauk on Home Lot 22. Laura Wheeler commissioned the fountain probably in the early part of the 20th century. She was an avid animal lover and installed it in front of her house near the road so that passing horses and dogs would have drinking water. She inscribed the edge of the basin “In Memory of Tag,” who was one of her beloved English cocker spaniels. In addition to the inscription, the outside edge is carved with vines, leaves and flowers. The basin of the fountain measures 54 inches in diameter and together with its base is 21 inches high. In 1886 Laura Wheeler and her sister Emily Wheeler completed the Sharon clock tower which they had built in honor of their mother, Emily Butler Ogden Wheeler. Today, the clock tower is a Sharon landmark. Laura Wheeler was a member of the Sharon Historical Society and served as its first president in 1911. For Christ Church, Sharon, she built the vestibule to the building and donated two colored stained glass windows. She funded charitable enterprises in Sharon including a trust fund for Christ Church, the Trained Nurse Fund, funds for maintaining the Sharon green, the Hotchkiss Library and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Trowbridge, III
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Trowbridge, III
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Trowbridge, III
2014.05.01