title: Burnett Memorial Fountain
text: # Burnett Memorial Fountain
  
  Frances Hodgson Burnett Memorial Fountain, located near Fifth Avenue and the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan's Central Park, is an outdoor bronze sculpture and fountain which serves as a memorial to Burnett, the author of several literary classics including The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
  
  ## Description and history
  
  Created by sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1936 and dedicated on May 28, 1937, by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, it depicts Mary and Dickon from The Secret Garden.
  
  