Greeley Square Park

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Jerry McAuley Drinking Fountain

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Description: Drinking fountain fitted to the top of a circlar shaft resting on a circular-step base
Materials: Deer Isle granite (polished )
Dimensions: H: 3'1"
Cast: 1913
Dedicated: 1913
Donor: McCauley Committee of the New York City Rescue Mission
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF / JERRY MCAULEY / I WILL GIVE / TO HIM / THAT IS / ATHIRST / OF THE / FOUNTAIN / OF THE / WATER OF / LIFE FREELY /

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