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Title
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Nichols Fountain Mystery Solved at Last
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Description
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The J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain was once the centerpiece of the Stanley Mackay family's Harbor Hill estate in Roslyn, New York, on Long Island. The fountain had been created in 1910 by French sculptor Henri Gerber for the Mackays. Mackay was president of the Postal Telegraph Co. After their deaths in 1938, the fountain fell into disrepair and pieces went missing. One of the four dolphins, though, was purchased by Marjorie Singer in 1938. It remained in the Singer family until 2010, when a member of the Singer family contacted Kansas City and sold the missing sculpture to the Parks department. The original piece will be refurbished and then replace the piece that had been created when the fountain was originally brought to Kansas City in 1957.
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Date
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2010-07-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
