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    Mermaid Fountain

    October 23, 2016

    Location:  Country Club Plaza, 4747 Broadway Boulevard, Kansas City, MO

     

    Owner:  Country Club Plaza KC Partners LLC

     

    Dates:  Original installation 1930, Reinstalled 1968

     

    Description:

    AKA Mermaid Pool

     

    This fountain lies on the southeast corner of the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Nichols Road.  A large trefoil-shaped pool with two mermaids perched on the edge of the pool.  The mermaids are both blowing into conch shells and a stream of water is issuing forth from each of these shells.  The mermaids were acquired in Italy by the J.C. Nichols Company and reportedly more than 300 years old.  In the middle of the pool is a fountain ring.  Centered in the middle of the ring is a small bronze sculpture of a kneeling child known as "A Morning Prayer" by an unknown artist.

     

    The white marble mermaids were originally installed on a rectangular pool in 1930.  In 1968, the current trefoil-shaped pool replaced the rectangular pool.  The small bronze child in the center was also added at this time.

     

     

    Mermaid 002
    Mermaid 002
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 003
    Mermaid 003
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 004
    Mermaid 004
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 005
    Mermaid 005
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 006
    Mermaid 006
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 007
    Mermaid 007
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 008
    Mermaid 008
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 009
    Mermaid 009
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 010
    Mermaid 010
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer
    Mermaid 011
    Mermaid 011
    Mermaid Fountain
    Photo by Bradley Cramer

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Tags:

    Country Club Plaza

    1930

    1968

    mermaid

    child

    nude

    marble

    bronze

    trefoil

    conch shell

    Broadway Boulevard

    Nichols Road

    Kansas City Missouri

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