Sutphin Fountain

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Sutphin Fountain

[[Image:‎|250px|none|Skyline of Sutphin Fountain]]
Country United States
State Indiana
Dedicated 1972


The Sutphin Fountain is a large geometric limestone and concrete fountain located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The Sutphin Fountain was designed by Stu Dawson with the engineering firms of Fountains Incorporated and Le Messurier Associates. The fountain is seated on the IMA's twenty-six acre main campus, directly to the northeast of the building's main entrance, and is forty inches high, with an inner diameter of thirty-four feet. [1] The inspiration for the fountain's intricate circular design was Indianapolis' moniker of "The Circle City." The fountain was dedicated in 1972.

[edit] Renovations

Having been created in the early '70's, building around the Sutphin fountain proved difficult when the IMA was renovated from 1998 to 2004. [2] The renovations have the new Puck's restaurant looking out over the fountain.

[edit] External links

  • The Sutphin Fountain on Flickr
  • The Numbers 0-9 sculpture at the Indianapolis Museum of Art