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Landmark: Girard Fountain Park
Named for Stephen Girard .
North side of Arch, East of 4th.
On the Old City tour .
Hippo Head Fountain 1976 hippo head
fountain
Funds for this park were granted by the Board of City Trusts from
a fund created by the estate of Stephen Girard for the improvement
of the Delaware front of the city
* Courtyard. .
Girard Fountain Park.
[map] [nearby]
Keys to Community James Peniston ,
2007 Benjamin Franklin big
head and torso ,
keys
On top of the wall .
Girard Fountain Park.
[map] [nearby] Favorites artist's page for this piece jepsculpture.com ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin
See Also
+wikipedia.org's Girard Fountain Park page
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