Littlefield Fountain

Littlefield Fountain

Littlefield Fountain is a monument by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini, located on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.

The fountain was built with money from a $250,000 trust established by Major George W. Littlefield as a World War I memorial.cite web | url = http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/green/public2.htm | title = Public Spaces | accessdate = 2006-07-02 | work = Green Growth | publisher = Austin History Center | pages = 2] It was unveiled in 1933, at a time when the Old Main Building was still in use. cite web | url = http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/StatuesExhibit/large/large3.html | title = The Littlefield Fountain | accessdate = 2006-07-02 | work = Campus Structures at The University of Texas at Austin | publisher = Center for American History]

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