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the fountain taken on a visit August 24th 2015. One of the many points of interest on the restored Belle Isle. The State of Michigan took over operations of the park a few years ago and the work of restoration continues to date. For years the island was not a place to visit but now, under the State Park System, families are enjoying its beauty once more. If your travels bring you to Detroit then by all means find some time to visit Belle Isle.
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The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a monument located in Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and sculptor Herbert Adams, the fountain was completed in 1925 at a cost of $500,000.[1] The lower bowl has a diameter of 510 ft (160 m) and the central spray reaches 125 ft (38 m). The fountain honors the controversial James Scott, who left $200,000 to the City of Detroit for a fountain in tribute to himself. (Wikipedia)
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The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a monument located in Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and sculptor Herbert Adams, the fountain was completed in 1925 at a cost of $500,000.[1] The lower bowl has a diameter of 510 ft (160 m) and the central spray reaches 125 ft (38 m). The fountain honors the controversial James Scott, who left $200,000 to the City of Detroit for a fountain in tribute to himself. (Wikipedia)
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The James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle in Detroit Michigan..
Quite the controversial character, Mr Scott only got this fountain because part of the condition of him donating his estate to the city upon his death was that they build the fountain in his honor and a life sized statue of him as well. Done and done...
An evening on Belle Isle with the James Scott Statue overlooking his fountain and a Detroit backdrop
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I don't know if the reasons are mechanical or budgetary, but Scott Fountain was dry the day I visited. But the marble was blazing0 hite in the late morning sun.
The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a monument located in Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and sculptor Herbert Adams, the fountain was completed in 1925 at a cost of $500,000.[1] The lower bowl has a diameter of 510 ft (160 m) and the central spray reaches 125 ft (38 m). The fountain honors the controversial James Scott, who left $200,000 to the City of Detroit for a fountain in tribute to himself.*info from Wiki I hadn't posted a detail shot in a long time and the early morning sun we got looked good on the fountain, so here it is!
I'm not an architecture expert by any means, but I saw a report on all of the Richardsonian Architecture left over in Detroit and it kind of stuck in my mind. The style of architecture was popular from about 1880 to 1910, and several Detroit Architects specialized in it, most notably George Mason. I just thought the house looked kind of cool and castle-esque.
The funny thing about this style in Detroit is there's quite a few ( including this one ) where either the front or the 3 "visible" sides are in this style, and the back of the building is good everyday piling of bricks. Almost like a facade in a movie....here's some info I found related to that:
"When the owner of an adjoining lot refused to sell Scott some land that he wanted to add to his property at Park and Peterboro, Scott spent $20,000 to build a sham house. From the Peterboro side it looked like a mansion, but its elegant facade was attached to a high, windowless wall, whose only purpose was to shut out light from the home of the recalcitrant neighbor."
This house was abandoned in the early 1970's.
James Scott Memorial Fountain, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan USA
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and sculptor Herbert Adams, the white marble fountain was completed in 1925.
James Scott's mansion stands in ruins more than 100 years after its controversial owner passed away. Even as a ruin, one can imagine the Romanesque magnificence of this mansion.
A tribute to The Beatles for the title. This is a lucky day we actually caught a great sunrise. That is the Scott Fountain on Belle Isle.
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The Stature of James Scott, looks out over the fountain built with his bequest on Belle Isle and across the Detroit River to a Detroit he could not have imagined.
The large building in the center is the GM Headquarters building also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen. Next building to the right is the Comerica Building designed by noted architects John Burgee & Philip Johnson, and next to that is the Penobscot Building, a Wirt C. Roland design that was the tallest in Detroit until first the Renaissance Center and then the Comerica tower was built.
I've been asked why I took a picture of the back of a statue, with no view of the face of the statue. There are several reasons I selected this view. But first...
This is the Scott Fountain on Belle Isle in the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan USA. I remember it fondly from my childhood. My father was so amazed by it's size, and magnificent lighted display at night that we often "went for a ride" as a family to see it.
(source: Wikipedia) James Scott was a real estate developer of disputed integrity, who lived from 1831-1910. Having no heirs, and apparently no friends, his will left his fortune, $200,000, to the City of Detroit for the construction of a fountain, stipulating a life-sized statue of himself be included. Civic leaders argued about the appropriateness for years and the gift grew to about $1 million by the time the gift was finally accepted. Prominent New York architect Cass Gilbert oversaw the construction of the massive white marble fountain, and sculptor Herbert Adams did the bronze sculpture. The sculpture was situated at the rear of the fountain, facing inward.
I feel that the view I have photographed is the one intended: the fountain is being admired by James Scott, and we are seeing his view. Furthermore, I'm sure the placement of this statue facing inward was the compromise made by city leaders back in 1925 (the year of completion) to accept Scott's gift, but without making his statue a tribute to the man
Sinclair’s was one of Belfast’s most prestigious department stores. The store on Royal Avenue as seen in my photographs was built in 1926 in the classical style. By 1935, Sinclair’s was extended with an Art Deco-style addition by Belfast-born architect James Scott, who had previously designed the 1926 building.
This is Grade B+ Listed Building and I must admit that I like it.
During the troubles, the main shopping area around Royal Avenue was pedestrianised with security gates to prevent car-bombs. Sinclair’s was attacked on 12 July 1971 with an explosive device. As a consequence of the troubles, trade was much reduced, and the store closed in 1972.
Sinclair’s was one of Belfast’s most prestigious department stores. The store on Royal Avenue as seen in my photographs was built in 1926 in the classical style. By 1935, Sinclair’s was extended with an Art Deco-style addition by Belfast-born architect James Scott, who had previously designed the 1926 building.
This is Grade B+ Listed Building and I must admit that I like it.
During the troubles, the main shopping area around Royal Avenue was pedestrianised with security gates to prevent car-bombs. Sinclair’s was attacked on 12 July 1971 with an explosive device. As a consequence of the troubles, trade was much reduced, and the store closed in 1972.
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The Stature of James Scott, looks out over the fountain built with his bequest on Belle Isle and across the Detroit River to a Detroit he could not have imagined.
The large building in the center is the GM Headquarters building also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen. Next building to the right is the Comerica Building designed by noted architects John Burgee & Philip Johnson, and next to that is the Penobscot Building, a Wirt C. Roland design that was the tallest in Detroit until first the Renaissance Center and then the Comerica tower was built.
These are the sunlit, dilapidated ruins of James Scott's imposing mansion. It was built in 1887 and designed by the firm of Mortimer Smith & Sons, progenitor of today's Smith Group architectural firm.
Mr. Scott provided the funds for the Scott Fountain and James Scott sculpture at Detroit's island park, Belle Isle.
Voiceover / Script Actor(s): Jeremy Moritz and James Scott
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Scott Fountain was built on Belle Isle with funds bequeathed to the city of Detroit by millionaire James Scott in 1910. The bequest was conditional: to receive the funds, the city also had to erect a life-size statue of Scott. This condition outraged the respectable citizens of Detroit; Scott was a playboy who played elaborate practical jokes, feuded with his neighbors, told dirty jokes, drank, gambled, and probably consorted with loose women. In spite of the controversy over honoring such a disreputable scoundrel, the fountain's supporters eventually prevailed. The fountain, designed by architect Cass Gilbert, was completed in 1925.
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The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a monument located in Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and sculptor Herbert Adams, the fountain was completed in 1925 at a cost of $500,000. The lower bowl has a diameter of 510 ft (160 m) and the central spray reaches 125 ft (38 m). The fountain honors the controversial James Scott, who left $200,000 to the City of Detroit for a fountain in tribute to himself. The Detroit Yacht Club (DYC) is a private marina and sailing club in Detroit, Michigan, located on its own island off of Belle Isle in the Detroit River between the MacArthur Bridge and the DTE generating plant. The DYC clubhouse is a restored 1920s Mediterranean-style villa that is the largest yacht club in the United States.[2] *all info from Wiki*
The Church of the Assumption at 3, Farquhar Street, George Town, was built by the Eurasians who followed Captain Francis Light to Penang when he established it as a British trading post. The Eurasians originally living in Ligor and Phuket were facing religious persecution. In 1781, they fled to Kuala Kedah, led by Bishop Arnaud-Antoine Garnault of Siam. In Kuala Kedah, they were joined by another 80 Catholics of Portuguese descent who had made Kuala Kedah their home. Some had come from southern Siam, while others had left Malacca after the Dutch conquest.
Before founding Penang, Francis Light and his business partner James Scott had a trading business all along the coast of Kedah. This, I believe, was how Light came into contact with the Eurasians of Kuala Kedah. He spoke the local languages and was familiar with the Sultan of Kedah, so he could well commiserate with the plight of the Eurasians. Moreover, he had a common law wife by the name of Martina Rozells who was a Eurasian of Thai-Portuguese descent.
When Francis Light got the Sultan of Kedah's approval to open a trading post on Penang, Bishop Garnault sought his help to relocate his Catholic mission there. Light agreed to help, and sent his ship Speedwell to assist in the exodus. The first group of Catholics landed in Penang landed on the eve of the Feast of the Assumption, in 1786, and celebrated their deliverance from persecution by so naming their church as the Church of the Assumption. Its original location was on Church Street. Bishop Garnault's presbytery was located on the adjacent road, which became known as Bishop Street.
In 1857, the Church of the Assumption moved to its present site on Farquhar Street which was previously occupied by the Convent Orphanage. (In some records that I studied, it stated that the church moved to Farquhar Street in 1802 - it could be that the congregation moved to Farquhar street, but the church building was only erected from 1857.) The present building was erected in 1860, under the leadership of Father Manissol. When it was completed in 1861, it could hold 1200 worshippers. The building underwent an extension in 1928, when two wings were added to it.
In 1955, the Church of the Assumption was elevated by a Decreee of the Vatican, to the status of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Penang. The sanctuary was renovated for the setting up of the seat for the first Bishop of Penang, the Right Reverend Monsignor Francis Chan. From the 1970's onwards, a gradual shift in the population of Penang Island away from and into the suburban areas, resulting in a marked decreased in the size of the church congregation within the city area. In 1988, a decision was made to amalgamate the four parishes in George Town into one, bringing the Cathedral of the Assumption, the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, St Francis Xavier Church and St John Britto Church, until then individual parishes, into the same umbrella of "City Parish". The status of Cathedral Church held by the Cathedral of the Assumption was transferred in 2003 to the Church of the Holy Spirit in Island Park, and the Farquhar Street Cathedral became once more Church of the Assumption.
Today, the Catholic community linked to the Church of the Assumption has been reduced to just a few homes lucked away on Argus Lane, before the cathedral.
During the troubles, the main shopping area around Royal Avenue was pedestrianised with security gates to prevent car-bombs. Sinclair’s was attacked on 12 July 1971 with an explosive device. As a consequence of the troubles, trade was much reduced, and the store closed in 1972. Grade B+ Listed.
The former Sinclair’s department store, at the corner of Royal Avenue and (lower) North Street was completed in 1926 to a design by James Scott, architect and civil engineer. The present Art Deco facade was added in 1935. In 1918 (eight years before its completion) there were branches of the “Sinclair’s” business at 77,81,85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 97 and 103 Royal Avenue.
Now known as Sinclair House with an address of 89/101 Royal Avenue across the road from the Bank Of Ireland Art Deco building.
This is from Belle Isle in Detroit. It is a view of the Scott Fountain through the visitors gateway. The fountain was completed in 1925 and was designed by Cass Gilbert and sculpted by Herbert Adams. Scott had left the city $200,000 dollars for the statue to memorialize himself and by the time of its completion, it ended up being $500,000. Scott was a controversial figure in Detroit's history and many didn't want him to be memorialized. However, the mayor at the time and the city counsil president urged that refusing such a gift (Scott had no heirs upon his death in 1910 and bequeathed his fortune to the city) would not be desireable.