The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain
The amazing fountain that you are looking at is the Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain; it is located in Motor City, Detroit, Michigan. The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain is one of the focal points that Detroit city has, it is located at the Hart Plaza. The Hart Plaza is a gigantic concretes that expanse at the foot of the Woodward Avenue that stretches to Jefferson Avenue going to the Detroit River.
The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain, was name after whom else? Horace E. Dodge! Horace Dodge is a well known man during his years in Detroit. He was a well known American automobile manufacturing pioneer and also the co – founder of a famous automobile brand Dodge Brothers Company.
The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain is the first thing that comes in to a person’s mind if asked what to see on Hart Plaza. During 1978, Anna Thompson Dodge the wife and the widow of Horace Dodge was the one who personally helped the city of Detroit to construct this amazing fountain. The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain it was designed by Isamu Noguchi and the fountain was completed in 1979.
The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain is silver colored, and it has a design that has a ring – shaped fountain head that is being supported by a two 45 degree legs. Underneath the ring is a dark circular basin that receives water it also acts as fountain. The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain have a variety of spray patterns that will surely amaze anyone who sees it.