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Prefontaine Fountain

Prefontaine Fountain is a fountain by Carl Frelinghuysen Gould, installed at Prefontaine Place, a small park in the district of , Washington, near the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Yesler Way.
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Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: public fountain in Downtown Seattle

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pioneer Square station and King County Courthouse.

Railway station
Photo: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a light rail station that is part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in , Washington, United States. The station is located under 3rd Avenue at James Street, between and stations. is situated 340 feet north of Prefontaine Fountain.

Courthouse
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the administrative building housing the judicial branch of , 's government. It is located in , just north of .

Office building
Photo: NorthLights, CC BY 2.5.
is a skyscraper in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of , , United States. Completed in 1914, the 38-story, 462 ft tower was among the tallest skyscrapers outside at the time of its completion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seattle and Downtown Seattle.

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the , with 780,000 people in and over four million people in the metro area.

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pioneer Square is 's oldest neighborhood, showcasing a wealth of art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, cool restaurants, and buzzing nightclubs within easy walking distance of most Downtown Seattle hotels.

Prefontaine Fountain

Latitude
47.60187° or 47° 36′ 7″ north
Longitude
-122.33084° or 122° 19′ 51″ west
Open location code
84VVJM29+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 332591271
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­fountain
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q51818433
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In Other Languages

“Prefontaine Fountain” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة بريفونتين”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prefontaine Place and Chief Seattle Club.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Flame Catering Cafe and Yesler Way & 2nd Avenue South.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Prefontaine Fountain”. Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.