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Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Shenandoah, Iowa)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
84001293

Added to NRHP
  
27 September 1984

Built
  
1912

Opened
  
1912

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Shenandoah, Iowa)

Location
  
Clarinda and Sheridan Sts. Shenandoah, Iowa

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Public Fountain (W.C.T.U. Fountain) is a historic temperance fountain at Clarinda and Sheridan Streets in Shenandoah, Iowa, United States.

It was built in 1912 by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to provide water as an alternative to alcohol consumption. The fountain honored Mrs. Lavina Nichols, the local founder of the Shenandoah WCTU chapter. It cost $500 to install, and features a 4 by 4 feet (1.2 by 1.2 m) base and pedestal that is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall. The sign and column were added ten years later. The fountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain (Shenandoah, Iowa) Wikipedia