Washington, DC - Bartholdi Fountain at 1st and Independence Ave., SW

ID: 2772 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: between 1885 and 1895

This file appears in: Bartholdi Fountain: The cast-iron Bartholdi Fountain, painted to look like bronze, weighs more than 15 tons and is 30 feet high.

Icicles on the fountain; Capitol in the background.

This file appears in: Bartholdi Fountain: The cast-iron Bartholdi Fountain, painted to look like bronze, weighs more than 15 tons and is 30 feet high.

Bartholdi Fountain: The cast-iron Bartholdi Fountain, painted to look like bronze, weighs more than 15 tons and is 30 feet high.

By The DC Historic Sites team

This elaborate tiered cast iron fountain by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, has graced the grounds of the U.S. Botanic Garden since 1878. It was purchased by the federal…