The Dr. William D. Young Memorial is a drinking fountain and memorial that was erected on the eastern border of Kew Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in August 1920 by residents of the Beaches neighbourhood.
[1] Young died after being stricken with influenza while tending to the sick during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.
Klein, and originally contained a statue of a child by Florence Wyle, later replaced by one by Frances Gage.
The elegantly designed fountain in the Italian Renaissance style displays the finest of craftmanship in stone and bronze.
Erected in 1920 through public subscription, the Memorial Drinking Fountain symbolizes the philanthropic service of a distinguished doctor in the Beaches district at the turn of the Century.