Temperance Fountain

The Temperance Fountain is a fountain and located in , donated to the city in 1882 by Henry D. Cogswell, a dentist from San Francisco, California, who was a crusader in the temperance movement.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: fountain and statue in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: Cogswell Temperance Fountain Memorial

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Museum
The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.

Museum
The is a natural history museum administered by the , located on the in , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

Temperance Fountain

Latitude
38.894° or 38° 53′ 38″ north
Longitude
-77.02137° or 77° 1′ 17″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXVH+JF
Geo­Names ID
6348998
Wiki­data ID
Q7698307
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