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Northeast view of Tivoli Fountain, Insurance Building, and Legislative Building, Washington State Capitol group, Olympia, ca. 1955
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| Title | Northeast view of Tivoli Fountain, Insurance Building, and Legislative Building, Washington State Capitol group, Olympia, ca. 1955 |
| Photographer | Junk, Merle |
| Date | ca. 1955 |
| Notes | Tivoli Fountain in foreground. Insurance Building partially obscuring Legislative Building. Statue in background at right is the "Winged Victory" monument honoring those who served in World War I.
Printed on image: Photo by Merle Junk, Olympia
Stamped on verso: Merle Junk, Commercial Photographer, Olympia.
PH Coll 461.353 |
| Contextual Notes | "The idea for adding this spectacular fountain to the capitol campus was first conceived by Peter G. Schmidt during his visit to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1949. It was at that time that Schmidt, then-president of the Olympia-Tumwater Foundation (a privately-funded organization created for the advance of recreational, benevolent, and educational projects for the State of Washington) was especially taken with a large fountain he saw there. This fountain, it turned out, was a copy of one located in Tivoli, a town about 16 miles east of Rome that contains one of the finest surviving examples of a garden from the Renaissance period in Italy.
It was Danish designer Fritz Meyer who duplicated one of the large Tivoli Garden fountains for the park in Copenhagen, which came to bear the Tivoli name due to the addition of the replica fountain. Schmidt recalled later his feelings that the state capitol campus lacked a key landscape attraction, and it struck him that another replica of the impressive Roman-style fountain was just what the Washington State capitol grounds needed.
Schmidt purchased many of the essential parts for the fountain before returning home to Olympia where his fellow Olympia-Tumwater Foundation members enthusiastically accepted the idea for the fountain's construction. The foundation offered the fountain as a gift to the State of Washington, and it was accepted by joint House and Senate resolution on February 1, 1951.
Construction of the 50-foot diameter fountain began soon after the legislature's approval. Fritz Meyer, designer of the first Tivoli Gardens replica, helped by manufacturing and shipping specifically designed parts from Denmark to Olympia with plans for their erection. Wohleb, Wohleb, and Bennett served as coordinating architects for the project. The fountain was completed for its dedication on April 15, 1953 when then-Governor Arthur B. Langlie accepted the spurting gift on behalf of the State. The fountain features an outer ring of 540 jets which create an umbrella of water, and inside of this are two rings of vertical spray jets rising out of large, tulip-shaped copper tubs. In the center of the fountain is its most striking feature, a central spout that shoots water approximately 25 feet into the air. All of the sprays alternately rise and fall together, creating five different artistic water displays while circulating 600 gallons of water a minute." (Source: "General Administration: State of Washington". 28 Jan. 2009 http://www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/tivoli/tivoli.htm) |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Tivioli Fountain (Olympia, Wash.); Insurance Building (Olympia, Wash.); Washington State Capitol (Olympia, Wash.); Fountains--Washington (State)--Olympia; Public buildings--Washington (State)--Olympia; Washington (State)--Capital and capitol |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Olympia |
| Digital Collection | Washington Localities Collection
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| Order Number | WAS1934
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | UW16988 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Harry White Photograph Collection. PH Coll 461 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/WhiteHarryPHColl461.xml |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | silver gelatin; b&w; 7.5 x 9.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 6 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2009. |
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