Richthofen Monument - Denver, Colorado
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A monument in honor of Baron von Richthofen, one of the original founders of the Montclair neighborhood.
Waymark Code: WM7ZKH
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2009
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Built in honor of Baron Walter Von Richthofen as a watering fountain, not a decorative fountain but to actually provide drinking water for horses and people. The large opening on the street side of it held water for animals and on the other side, there was a drinking fountain for people.
The monument is situated in a small park at the corner of Oneida Street and Richthofen Parkway and embellished so as to provide a distinctive entryway to the Montclair neighborhood. The designer of the circa 1900 park is not known; however, Harlan Thomas designed the monument itself.
After the widowed Baroness Louise von Richthofen died in Denver in 1934, her ashes are interred beside the Richthofen monument. But, as the monument reminds us, The Soul Has Migrated.