Decatur Square Fountain - Providence, Rhode Island - Fountains on Waymarking.com

A circular, two-tier, bronze fountain is the centerpiece of a small public square -- which is triangular -- in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. Its lower bowl diameter is about 30 inches and the upper 18 inches. The overall height is about 5.5 feet. The west access panel door in the column base is cast with "DECATUR SQUARE FOUNTAIN". The east-facing access panel door reads: "PRESENTED BY WEST BROADWAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION 2013". Installed November 2016, with the grand opening of May 4, 2017, the metal now has a full coat of verdigris.

From the website of Newport-based Newmans, Ltd.:

Decatur Square, a sleepy, tucked-away triangle at Carpenter and West Fountain Streets in Providence’s Federal Hill neighborhood is waking up. In 2011, the West Broadway Neighborhood Association asked us to be part of the square’s revival, begun about ten years ago by the Providence Revolving Fund and West Side developer Jon Özbek. Historically, there had been a horse trough fountain in the square, and Kari Lang, WBNA’s Director, asked us to make a bronze fountain as the restored square’s centerpiece.

Kari had seen the fountain we made for Newport, Rhode Island’s Washington Square and wanted us to build the new fountain based upon it. We altered the Newport fountain to have a single upper bowl. A wood pattern has been created by Kahler & Paton, Inc. and the assembly is being cast at Polich-Tallix Art Works. The fountain is being supported by The Champlin Foundations as part of a larger transportation enhancement project awarded to the WBNA by The Rhode Island Department of Transportation and The City of Providence.

Along with the backstory, there are a few photos and a video of the fountain's arrival and installation.

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