McElroy Fountain at Oakland’s Lakeside Park

Fountain installed in 1911 with a series of mythological reliefs allegedly depicting the life of Oakland city official John E. McElroy. The reliefs were sculpted by famed East Bay artist Douglas Tilden.

Architecture, Lake Merritt, Outdoors, Parks

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