Lovejoy Fountain Park

Lovejoy Fountain Park is an urban park in downtown Portland featuring concrete terraces where water flows over multiple levels into gathering pools. The space offers different elevations to explore and invites visitors to interact with the water features.

The park was built in 1966 and named after Asa Lawrence Lovejoy, an early founder of Portland. Lovejoy won a coin flip against his co-founder that determined whether the city would be called Portland or Boston.

The fountain was designed to echo the natural waterfalls and streams of Oregon's Cascade Range, reflecting a landscape many Portland residents know and value. Visitors sense this connection to nature as they watch water cascade down the steps.

The park is open daily from 5 AM to midnight and can be entered at the corner of Southwest 3rd Avenue and Harrison Street. It is an easily accessible downtown location where visitors can drop by at any time to relax or explore the water features.

A striking feature of the park is a copper-clad wooden pavilion designed by architects Charles Moore and William Turnbull Jr. This unusual structure with its lattice design often goes unnoticed by visitors despite being one of the most distinctive elements on site.

Location: Portland

Inception: 1966

Website: https://portland.gov/parks/lovejoy-fountain-park

GPS coordinates: 45.50932,-122.67974

Latest update: December 12, 2025 08:00