One of Multiple Cast Iron Lion Heads Which Stream Water From Their Open Mouths Found on the Rice Memorial Fountain Located on the West Brookfield Common in West Brookfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on December 2, 2019)
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The Whistling Swan Building, Sturbridge, MA
Posted: December 8, 2022 in Faces, Fountains, Lions, Restaurants, SculpturesTags: Main Street Sturbridge MA, The Whistling Swan
A Lion Head Fountain Next to The Whistling Swan Building (Which Houses Both The Duck and Avellino Restaurants) Located at 502 Main Street in Sturbridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on November 18, 2013)
Boston Public Garden, Boston, MA
Posted: August 29, 2022 in Birds, Children, Fountains, Metal Sculpture, Public Gardens, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Bashka Paeff, Boston MA, Boston Public Garden, Boy and Bird Fountain
This Boy and Bird, Sculpted of Bronze, Can Be Seen Studying Each Other in the Center of a Granite Fountain at Boston Public Garden (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 6, 2015)
Pleasant Street, Spencer, MA
Posted: May 26, 2022 in Fountains, Garden Statues, Lawn Statues, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Pleasant Street Spencer MA
A Fountain Featuring A Statue of a Slender Young Woman, Dressed in a Blouse and Shorts Pouring Water From an Urn, Seen Last August in a Lush Front Yard Garden on Pleasant Street in Spencer, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 27, 2019)
Atlantic Avenue, Hampton, NH
Posted: September 6, 2021 in Anthropomorphic Animals, Fountains, Frogs, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Atlantic Avenue Hampton NH
A Frog, Holding a Flower as if It Was an Umbrella, Stands in the Middle of a Fountain on Atlantic Avenue in Hampton, NH (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 26, 2015)
The Green, Charlotte, NC
Posted: July 30, 2021 in Fish, Fountains, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Fish Fountain, S. Tryon Street Charlotte NC, The Green
Special Thanks to Colby Carter For Allowing Me to Post His Photo of One of the Three Giant Water-Spurting Fishes That Are Part of the Spectacular Fountain on The Green Located at 435 South Tryon Street in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on May 14, 2017)
Central Park, Clinton, MA
Posted: July 27, 2021 in Fountains, Metal Sculpture, Sculptures, StatuaryTags: Central Park Clinton MA, Foster Fountain
The Base of the Replica Fountain Installed at Central Park in Clinton, Massachusetts in 2000 to Replace the Original Given to the Town by John R. Foster in 1890 and Demolished by the Hurricane of 1938 (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on September 1, 2017)
Town Common, West Brookfield, MA
Posted: May 27, 2021 in Faces, Fountains, Metal Sculpture, Town CommonsTags: West Brookfield Town Common
This Cast-Iron Face of a Woman Is Seen Protruding From the Base of the Drinking Fountain on the West Brookfield Town Common (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 26, 2017)
Salem Public Library, Salem MA
Posted: May 4, 2021 in Ancient Gods and Deities, Fountains, Greek Gods, Libraries, Metal Sculpture, Mythological Creatures, Roman Gods, Sculptures, Sea Creatures, Sea Serpents, StatuaryTags: Essex Street Salem MA, Neptune, Poseidon, Salem Public Library
The Figure of Poseidon (the Ancient Greek God of the Sea) Clutching His Trident Stands on Top of a Bronze Fountain in the Courtyard of the Salem Public Library on Essex Street in Salem MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 22, 2019)
The Return of a Nightmare on an Undisclosed Street
Posted: October 31, 2020 in Angels, Babies, Birds, Cats, Cemeteries, Children, Clowns, Crows and Ravens, Dogs, Fountains, Garden Statues, Ghosts, Ghouls, Grim Reaper, Halloween, Mannequins, Sculptures, Skeletons, Skulls, SpidersTags: Undisclosed Street, Worcester MA
Once again, It’s Halloween, That Strange and Scary Time of the Year When the Front Yard of a Seemingly Ordinary House on an Undisclosed Street in Worcester Experiences an Inexplicable Transformation…
Into a Terrifying Haunted Graveyard…
Filled With Cadavers and Corpses…
And Visited by the Grim Reaper, Who Kneels Beside Fresh Graves…
As Well as a Playground For the Possessed…
Where Zombified Baby Dolls…
and Giant Skeletal Spiders Enjoy Snacks…
While Traumatized Trick-or-Treaters Watch! (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on October 30, 2017)
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