Explore the History of this artwork, Prefontaine Fountain.
The fountain is the city's oldest, completed in 1925, on land deeded to the city in 1912. The park and fountain were dedicated in June 1926 to the late Francis X. Prefontaine, a Catholic priest who built the city's first Catholic church and provided $5,000 for the fountain's construction. The park and fountain were rebuilt during construction of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel and adjacent Pioneer Square station in the late 1980s, reopening in 1990.
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