Click above images to enlarge Bagley Memorial Fountain Woodward at Monroe in Campus Martius, Detroit - Wayne County Other Names Bagley, John J., Memorial Fountain Bagley Memorial Fountain-Local Property Type fountain Historic Use LANDSCAPE Current Use LANDSCAPE Style Romanesque Architect/Builder Henry Hobson Richardson Significant Person John J. Bagley Narrative Description The John Judson Bagley Memorial Fountain is a white Worcester granite memorial fountain measuring over eighteen feet high from base to tip. A short, square fountain features Byzantine columns at each corner and stands in the center of abroad, stepped base. The columns support a four-sided arch elaborated with carved vegetal forms in the spandrels. The structure is topped by a plain pyramidal canopy. Statement of Significance The Bagley Memorial Fountain is the only surviving work in Michigan of famed architect Henry Hobson Richardson. It was constructed with funds provided by the estate of Michigan Governor John Judson Bagley (1873 to 1876). Bagley, also a prominent tobacco products manufacturer, willed approximately $7,000 for this structure, Detroit's first public drinking fountain. The fountain was built in 1887 and moved to its current location in 1925. Period of Significance 1866-1900 Significant Date(s) 1885-1887, 1925 Registry Type(s) 11/05/1971 National Register listed 03/03/1971 State Register listed Site ID# P4479