[1] In 1878, a Victorian Gothic county courthouse was constructed on Third Street in Manistee, Michigan.

These fountains remained in place until 1950, when the courthouse was destroyed by fire.

At that time, the Portage Lake Garden Club, a civic improvement club located in Onekama, accepted one of the fountains to be placed in the Onekama Village Park.

[2] The Memorial Fountain is an ornamental fountain made of cast iron, standing on a concrete base and topped with a lead statue of a merman riding a dolphin and blowing a horn.

An inscription, "Patented April 11, 1871" appears on the surface of the fountain.