For today’s Mystery Photo, check out this building. It’s somewhat old, but note that it has handicapped access, so it is in use today. Send where you think this is located to elliott@brack.net and include the town where you live.
Photo by Catherine Brack
Our eagle-eyed spotters found not one, but two, fountains from the last Mystery Photo. George Graf of Palmyra, Va. recognized the “Garth Fountain at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C.,” which was the mystery sent in by Catherine Brack of Charleston, S.C.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. also recognized it, saying: “Today’s mystery photo is of fountain nestled in the middle of Cathedral Cloister Courtyard, otherwise known as ‘The Garth’, which is situated in the northeast corner of the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Artist George Tsutkawa (1910-1997), an American painter and sculptor who was best known for his avant-garde bronze fountain designs, created the fountain from sheets of silicone bronze.
Nashville version.
“The fountain has a dark antique finish in contrast with the surrounding, buff-colored limestone, while its abstract form of curved planes is intended to complement the buttresses of the cathedral’s transept towering high above the fountain. The Garth and its fountain were dedicated on April 30, 1969.”
Then Lou Camerio of Lilburn recognized the fountain….but at the Vanderbilt University Divinity Library in Nashville, Tenn.
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