Anti-drinking fountain

This small statue/fountain of a woman and a bird stands outside the Anacortes Museum, a former Carnegie Library. According to Anacortes Museum researcher Alex Dunn, the cast iron/zinc water fountain was created by J.W. Fiske Co. of New York. It was donated by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 1906 in memory of long-time Union president Corrie M. White (who died in 1904). As a free alternative to alcohol, the fountain featured four water bowls for people, horses and dogs. It was located originally at the corner of 5th Street and Commercial Avenue, then at Washington Park from the Thirties until 1973, when it was moved to its present location. The fountain was most recently refurbished and repainted in 2002. The late Tommy Thompson, who created the narrow gauge Anacortes Railway, created a brass replica to replace one of the badly deteriorated dog bowls.