Holliday Park Fountain

Given to the city of Topeka by the National Humane Alliance--a foundation created to provide fountains to horses (and other animals) in high-traffic areas--this fountain was originally planned to be installed at Gordon and Kansas in North Topeka. Ultimately, Lewis Sever, the person from the NHA who had the final say, decided the fountain should be placed at 6th and Quincy.

In 1929, deemed a traffic hazard--it was in the middle of the street after all--it was moved to the warehouse district near the river and many other places according to news reports. In the 1970s, it was given to the Topeka Round-Up Club to be restored but that never happened. In 2000, it was given to the Holliday Park Neighborhood Improvement Association for restoration and reinstallation in Holliday Park.