{"id":16750,"date":"2015-06-25T16:34:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=16750"},"modified":"2017-10-11T14:20:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T19:20:55","slug":"a-field-guide-to-baylor-fountains-past-and-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2015\/06\/a-field-guide-to-baylor-fountains-past-and-present\/","title":{"rendered":"A field guide to Baylor fountains, past and present"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This fall,\u00a0Fountain Mall will get its fountain back<\/a>, as a\u00a0a 46-by-61-foot water garden will anchor the newly renovated Fifth Street through the heart of campus. The new Rosenbalm Fountain<\/strong>, currently under construction,\u00a0is actually the third fountain to grace the part of campus\u00a0known as Fountain Mall.<\/p>\n

[UPDATE (10\/26): The fountain is live! See a photo here<\/a>, and video from construction to debut here<\/a>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1964, the original Green and Gold Fountain<\/strong> was built to honor the contributions of the Baylor Waco Foundation. According to a 1965 press release, it marked “the dividing point between the old campus and new development area to the east which was purchased for Baylor by the Baylor Waco Foundation.” Sometimes referred to as “the Chamber fountain,” it\u00a0was turned into a planter in the early 1980s, then removed in 2011.<\/p>\n

From\u00a01982 to 2003, the Vara Martin Daniel Fountain<\/strong> (informally referred to by many as “the rocket launcher”) took its place as “the fountain on Fountain Mall.” The fountain was named for the wife of former Guam Governor Bill Daniel, JD ’38, and was built around the same time that the nearby Carroll Science building was being restored to house the Baylor English department.<\/p>\n

Baylor’s\u00a0new fountain is going up along\u00a0a more pedestrian-friendly Fifth Street, thanks to a generous gift by Dr. Thomas Rosenbalm, BS \u201950, MS \u201951.\u00a0But it will be far from the only fountain on\u00a0Baylor’s campus. Some of the others are quite visible; others are well-hidden. Each reveals something about the various distinct areas on campus. (Click in each photo below for more information.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t