Chief Seattle Fountain
Artist
James Wehn
MediumBronze, cast iron
Dimensions72 x 53 in. (182.9 x 134.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCity of Seattle Street and Sewer Department as part of improvements made for the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
Completed in 1909, this is the first sculpture of the city’s namesake to be placed in Seattle. It was created as an ornamental watering fountain for animals for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition which opened that same year.
