Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain

The Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the intersection of Fairfield and Park avenues.

The fountain was built in 1912–1913 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1985.

[1] The fountain consists of four elements: a central bronze figure of a mermaid rising out of a polished granite pool and three individually ornamented polished granite watering troughs at the angles of the triangular parcel of land raised above the street.

[2][3] The fountain was erected in 1912–1913 as the gift of Nathaniel Wheeler's children to the city in memory of their father.

The baby held by the mermaid is modeled on his son Lincoln, who was reportedly baptized in the fountain.

The fountain in a c. 1923 postcard