Dillon Memorial, Neoclassical fountain in LeClaire Park, Davenport, US.
The Dillon Memorial is a neoclassical fountain in LeClaire Park in Davenport featuring a limestone column with a bronze lantern at its top. Water flows from lion head sculptures into a circular basin below.
Built between 1918 and 1919, the fountain honors Judge John Forrest Dillon, who served on the Iowa Supreme Court. He later moved to the federal judiciary.
The fountain marks the southern end of Main Street and creates a visual link between LeClaire Park and the Civil War Monument blocks away to the north. This location makes it a natural reference point where visitors sense the city's layout.
The fountain is accessible year-round and sits in LeClaire Park on a brick plaza added during the 1997 park redesign. The location is easy to walk through and offers open public space for visiting.
An underground spring powers the water system, which flows through carved lion heads into a raised pedestal basin at the structure's base. This hidden engineering shows the technical care taken when building the monument.
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