The fountain is composed of multiple bronze figures arranged on a five-tier Stony Creek pink granite base with three basins.

Depew Fountain was an original component of the plan and was designed by the sculptor Karl Bitter in the same year.

When Mrs. Depew died in 1913, she had bequeathed $50,000 from her estate to the city of Indianapolis for the erection of a fountain in memory of her husband "in some park or public place where all classes of people may enjoy it.

The original design was created by Karl Bitter, who was killed in a traffic accident in 1915 before the work could be realized.

Following Bitter's overall design, Alexander Stirling Calder created the bronze figures and the fountain.